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Ms. W from Queens Village, NY is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Hot Breakfast to Foster Independence

Help me give my students a monthly hot breakfast bar where they can learn to prepare food.

  • $175 goal

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My Students

I am fortunate enough to have a job I love! I am a speech therapist in NYC working with a wide range of students. I spend my days traveling around schools in NYC, providing speech and language therapy services to a wide variety of students, who all come from diverse backgrounds. These students all range in their communication abilities. Some are learning to communicate, some are perfecting their communication skills. Although all my students are very different, they have one thing in common, they are all hard workers.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected my deaf and hard-of-hearing high school students more than most.

The majority of my students live in homes where their parents do not speak the same language as them, American Sign Language. In order to repair communication breakdowns, and to self advocate, my students use lip reading to assist them in communicating in the hearing world. However, with the mask mandate in all NYC public schools, communicating for my students has reached a new level of difficulty.

My Project

With all of the changes happening this year, students are not receiving the same types of breakfasts they were prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. They are getting bags of cold breakfast, in replace of the hot breakfasts that they used to receive. We are very thankful that all students receive breakfast, but many of my students do not receive any hot meals in their homes. School used to be the one place that they would go to receive a hot meal. I will use the supplies received to create a monthly hot breakfast bar. Through use of a breakfast sandwich maker and waffle maker, students will learn how to prepare a hot breakfast, as well as work on identifying kitchen safety skills, following multi-step directions and fostering independence. While some students prepare food, others will organize place settings for their peers and assist in passing out plates, utensils and drinks. Students will receive the chance to socialize with peers and share about their favorite food items for breakfast.

Ms. W Martin Van Buren High School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Queens Village, NY View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hamilton Beach Breakfast Sandwich Maker, Silver (25475A) • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Welch’s Apple, Orange, Grape Juice 100% Juice - Variety Pack, 5.5oz (Pack of 18, Total of 99 Oz) • Amazon Business $19.32 1 $19.32
Krusteaz Belgian Waffle Mix - 5 Pound Foodservice Bag • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Oster Belgian Waffle Maker, Stainless Steel (CKSTWF2000) • Amazon Business $17.88 1 $17.88
Amazon Basics 360 Piece Plastic Cutlery Set, Black (180 forks, 120 spoons, 60 knives) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Perfectware - Kitchen essentials Paper Plate 6-300 6" Paper Plate, White (300 Count/pack) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Magid Glove & Safety 500 PCS Disposable Latex Free Plastic Food Prep Glove - One Size Fits Most | Food Handling BPA Free ComfortFlex Clear Polyethylene Gloves (500 Gloves) (H98) • Amazon Business $8.05 1 $8.05

Materials cost

$116.21

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$147.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.11

Total project goal

$174.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $174.06

4 Donors

-$171.12

Donations toward project cost

-$147.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.17

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.94

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 $0.00

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