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Mr. King from Philadelphia, PA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Add Some Life to My Nearly Century-Old North Philly Classroom

Help me give my students a vibrant, curiosity-inducing classroom environment with oxygen-producing live plants.

  • $193 goal

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My Project

The main building of our school (where my classroom is located) was completed in 1929 and is located in Kensington—one of the neighborhoods most effected by the opioid crisis. Consequently, I try to make my classroom an aesthetically pleasing place where students actually want to be.

Your donation will help beautify my classroom by providing us with attractive, oxygen-producing—and thus, brain-enhancing—live plants.

Care for the plants will be integrated into our internal class economy in which students perform jobs and learn how to maintain a bank account ledger. Furthermore, many of these plants are native to parts of the Spanish-speaking world we will study throughout the year and will provide a tangible connection to those places.

Mr. King Jules E Mastbaum Vocational Technical High School Grades 9-12

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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Philadelphia, PA 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

200 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Costa Farms Live Plants (3 Pack), Easy to Grow Real Indoor Houseplants, Air Purifying Plants, Grower's Choice in Home Décor Indoors Plant Pots, New House Gift or Room Décor • Amazon Business $32.00 1 $32.00
Costa Farms Live Sago Palm, Easy to Grow Live Indoor Plant, Houseplant in Ceramic Plant Pot, Home and Room Decor, 1 Foot Tall • Amazon Business $27.18 1 $27.18
Easy to Grow Houseplants (Pack of 6), Live House Plants in Containers, Growers Choice Plant Set in Planters with Potting Soil Mix, Home Décor Planting Kit or Outdoor Garden Gifts by Plants for Pets • Amazon Business $25.19 1 $25.19
Costa Farms Mini Houseplants (6 Pack), Easy Grow Live Indoor House Plants in Nursery Plant Pots, Grower's Choice with Soil Potting Mix, Potted Home Decor Planter or Outdoor Garden Gift, 4-Inches Tall • Amazon Business $23.76 1 $23.76
Live Pothos Plants (4PK) Indoor Plants Live Houseplants, Pothos Live Plant House Plants, Money Plant Indoor Pothos Plant Decor, Devils Ivy Trailing Plants Live by Plants for Pets,Black • Amazon Business $23.58 1 $23.58

Materials cost

$131.71

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$163.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.89

Total project goal

$192.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $192.58

2 Donors

-$135.05

Donations toward project cost

-$114.79

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.26

match offer

-$57.53

Match offer toward project cost

-$48.90

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.63

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 $0.00

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