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Ms. Mack from New York, NY is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Wonderful Welcome to the World of Reading!

Help me give my students bookshelves to create a beautiful, engaging, and welcoming classroom library!

  • $2,933 goal

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My Project

It's no secret that most teachers are big bookworms! We could spend hours lost in a new world of great adventure, unlocking new discoveries, or solving new mysteries that have perplexed all man-kind for hundreds of years. Books have the power to transport us to fantastical worlds we'd never imagine, and provides us with opportunities to experience cultures and viewpoints different from our own.

"It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we read, we can live as many more lives and as many more kinds of lives as we wish".

(S.I. Hayakawa)

I teach in a community school located in Central Harlem, and we service a diverse population, including two domestic violence shelters and low-income housing developments. We have very limited resources. We are in desperate need of new furniture. The bookshelves we have are very old and dilapidated. I am not sure repainting them again would provide much help.

This project will help me create a very much deserved, very much needed beautiful, welcoming, and engaging library for my classroom.

Ms. Mack PS 197 John B Russwurm Grades PreK-2

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

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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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New York, NY View local requests

Nearly all 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

25 students impacted 33donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Childcraft Mobile Adjustable Bookcase with Lip, 47-3/4 x 14-1/4 x 36 Inches - Preschool-Early Childhood - Toddler • School Specialty $650.21 2 $1,300.42
Childcraft Mobile Open Shelving Units With Adjustable Dividers, 35-3/4 x 14-1/4 x 42 Inches • School Specialty $572.21 1 $572.21

Materials cost

$1,872.63

Vendor shipping charges

 $561.78

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$28.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,492.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$439.85

Total project goal

$2,932.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,932.35

31 Donors

-$2,275.61

Donations toward project cost

-$1,973.77

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$301.84

Matching donations from our partners

-$610.29

Match offers toward project cost

-$518.75

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$91.54

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$46.47

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 $0.00

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