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Ms. Crai from Bronx, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Refreshed Library

Help me give my students the library they need. We're in a classroom that only has chapter books, and the students need more diversity in reading. Please make our library one that they will enjoy.

  • $480 goal

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My Students

My students are homogeneously compromised and come from the Coop City neighborhood in the Bronx. Many students' families can not keep up with the cost of consumable school supplies.

We are a school that services students from Pre-K to fifth grade.

Although we have a very strong parent presence many parents can not keep up with the costs of supplies.

This past year as in all my years at my school, students come eager to learn, anxious to grow, and determined to succeed.

My Project

Our current library that is in a classroom I inherited contains very old chapter books. Although the students are in fourth grade, not all are inclined to pick up a chapter book. I would like for them to have a bit more choice and diversity in what they read in school and take home to read. We need more lively picture books that have relevant subject matter but in a child-friendly way (as you can determine from the book choice I have wished for). After all, we all are aware that if the subject matter is uninteresting, students will not be inclined to read it. Please consider making a difference for my scholars this year, it would be immensely appreciated!

Ms. Crai PS 178 Dr Selman Waksman Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Bronx, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

26 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kamala and Maya's Big Idea • MahoganyBooks $17.10 1 $17.10
I Am Enough • MahoganyBooks $17.10 1 $17.10
Ambitious Girl • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
I Believe I Can • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Ada Twist, Scientist • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Hair Like Mine • MahoganyBooks $17.06 1 $17.06
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Black is a Rainbow Color • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Sulwe • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Hair Love • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Picture Book Edition • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
M Is for Melanin A Celebration of the Black Child • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Bunheads • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Skin Like Mine • MahoganyBooks $16.16 1 $16.16
Tallulah the Tooth Fairy CEO • MahoganyBooks $15.30 1 $15.30
Your Name is a Song • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
Get Up, Stand Up • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
This is Your Time • MahoganyBooks $14.39 1 $14.39
Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You • MahoganyBooks $14.39 1 $14.39
New Kid • MahoganyBooks $11.69 1 $11.69
Max and the Tag-Along Moon • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
Whistle for Willie • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$365.13

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.85

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$407.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$71.90

Total project goal

$479.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $479.36

5 Donors

-$369.36

Donations toward project cost

-$313.96

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$55.40

Matching donations from our partners

-$110.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$93.50

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.50

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 $0.00

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