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Mrs. Zichichi Wysong from New York, NY is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Breathe Easy! Pothos Plants, Not Pathos, please.

Help me give my students cleaner air to breathe and Green Space! We are on a mission to make our cafeteria greener. We just need the plants to fill our planters and grow a green wall.

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

Green Spaces are mostly absent in our school community. I love that my students have taken on the challenge of being Activists for Green Spaces in our School!

Our school is Title 1 and located in East Harlem, New York City.

My students are inspired by beauty and nature, but for the most part, they only see nature in the artworks we look at in the classroom. Rarely do they see inspirational green spaces in their school or community. With the exception of trips to Central Park or the Bronx Botanical Gardens, our students miss out on calming green gardens and fresh air.

We hope that this school year will be different because we have started a Green Team. In Green Team student learning is focused on Sustainability and Climate Change. Students have learned that NYC is a hot spot. Literally, a heat island. And, that their health and well being, as well as that of our planet, is sorely affected by the lack of green space in so many communities. My students want to make a difference. We are working hard to create an indoor green space in our cafeteria. We have painted our green wall, waterproofed, hung our planters, added drainage, but sadly we still need our air purifying plants.

We are asking for donors to help us pay for our starter plants. We would like the most air cleansing varieties for our cafeteria, pothos, snake and spider plants. We hope that our cafeteria will become a beautiful place to eat, breathe and relax. We also hope it will cool down in the warmer months because it is still not air conditioned.

We hope we will receive the funding we need to make our green space come alive.

Mrs. Zichichi Wysong PS 96 Joseph Lanzetta Grades 3-5

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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

200 students impacted 22donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Greendigs Spider Plant, Easy to Grow, Low Maintenance, Live Indoor Houseplant, 5-inch Nursery Pot, 2-Pack • Amazon Business $29.95 12 $359.40
Essential Houseplant Collection (3PK) Live Plants Indoor Plants Live Houseplants in Plant Pots, Easy House Plants Indoors Live, Snake Plant, Pothos in Potting Soil, Clean Air Plants by Plants for Pets • Amazon Business $21.71 16 $347.36
Miracle-Gro Indoor Plant Food Spikes, Includes 48 Spikes - Continuous Feeding for all Flowering and Foliage Houseplants - NPK 6-12-6 • Amazon Business $10.95 5 $54.75

Materials cost

$761.51

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$802.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$141.69

Total project goal

$944.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $944.62

22 Donors

-$939.33

Donations toward project cost

-$802.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$136.40

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.29

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 $0.00

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