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Mrs. Rutherford from Richmond, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bringing Books to Life!

Help me give my students an accessible and interactive classroom library with Tonies!

  • $539 goal

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My Project

We have a classroom Toniebox and 5 tonies that will sing songs and read stories to the children in a fun and interactive way! It is an amazing classroom tool that allows students the opportunities to utilize screen free technology while working on listening skills, comprehension skills and their language development. Each character or Tonie has preloaded songs and books for them to listen to and engage with. When the character is placed on top of the box, the songs and stories play automatically so it is a super accessible form of technology that even our littlest students are able to enjoy. The students love it so much and have been going to the book area nonstop since we introduced it! I already have the Toniebox and 5 tonies but I am hoping to build a collection of books and Tonies for them to expand our little library!

These books and Tonies will help build success in listening, comprehension, language development, imagination and even social interaction.

The creative tonies even allow for me to customize and record some of our favorite classroom stories for the students that I can relate to our current theme/study! With your support, we can make a fun, engaging and accessible listening center for my amazing kiddos to master so many important literacy skills!

Mrs. Rutherford Maymont Pre-School Learning Center Grades PreK-2

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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Richmond, VA 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Tonies Laurie Berkner Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $34.99 1 $34.99
Tonies Pete The Cat: Rock On! Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Tonies Giraffes Can't Dance Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tonies Aurora Audio Play Character from Disney's Sleeping Beauty • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tonies Doc McStuffins Audio Play Character from Disney • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tonies Merida Audio Play Character from Disney and Pixar's Brave • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tonies Dragons Love Tacos Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tonies Minnie Mouse Audio Play Character from Disney • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tonies Moana Audio Play Character from Disney • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tonies Aladdin Audio Play Character from Disney • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tonies Baloo Audio Play Character from Disney's The Jungle Book • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tonies Lightning McQueen Audio Play Character from Disney and Pixar's Cars • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tonies Ariel Audio Play Character from Disney's The Little Mermaid • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tonies Tangled Audio Play Character from Disney • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tonies Simba Audio Play Character from Disney's The Lion King • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tonies Anna Audio Play Character from Disney's Frozen II • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tonies Buzz Lightyear Audio Play Character from Disney's Toy Story 2 • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tonies Belle Audio Play Character from Disney's Beauty and The Beast • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tonies Winnie The Pooh Audio Play Character from Disney • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Tonies We're Going on a Bear Hunt Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Tonies 101 Dalmatians Audio Play Character from Disney • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Tonies Mama Llama Audio Play Character • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Pete the Cat: Rock On, Mom and Dad! • Amazon Business $5.64 1 $5.64
Frozen 2 Little Golden Book (Disney Frozen) • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00
Toy Story 3 (Disney/Pixar Toy Story 3) (Little Golden Book) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74

Materials cost

$421.16

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$457.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.73

Total project goal

$538.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $538.21

2 Donors

-$230.24

Donations toward project cost

-$228.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

match offer

-$269.11

Match offer toward project cost

-$228.74

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.37

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$38.87

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 $0.00

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