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Ms. Willis from Starkville, MS is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Brown Girl Sisterhood Book Club

Help me give my students their own personal copies of The Color Purple.

  • $1,093 goal

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My Project

I am asking for copies of Alice Walker's The Color Purple for each student in our girl group, so everyone can have their own personal copy for our book club. I am also asking for journals and writing utensils for each student.

The teachers at my school and I offer the teenaged girls enrolled there the opportunity to join our empowering book club.

Next month we are reading The Color Purple and we are planning to incorporate writing, music, social and emotional learning, poetry, and history in our weekly meetings. The journals and pens will be a beautiful personal place for each student to write their thoughts and ideas.

Ms. Willis The Learning Center Grades 9-12

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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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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Starkville, MS 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

100 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Color Purple: A Novel • Amazon Business $11.89 50 $594.50
feela 24 Pack Journal Notebook Bulk for Work, Business Notebook Hardcover Lined Writing Journal with Pen Holder for Men Women Note Taking, with 24 Black Pens, 120 GSM, 5.1”x8.3”, A5, Purple • Amazon Business $79.99 2 $159.98
uni-ball Vision Rollerball Pens, Fine Point, Purple Ink, Dozen (SAN60382) • Quill.com $31.99 2 $63.98
Anseal Cool Space Starry Night Bookmark, Bookmarks for Book Lovers, Bulk Bookmarks for Men, Unique Book Mark for Boys, Girls, Students, Classroom Gifts, School Prize, Reading Present • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59

Materials cost

$828.05

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $57.96

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$928.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$163.84

Total project goal

$1,092.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,092.27

1 Donor

-$1,092.27

Donations toward project cost

-$928.43

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$163.84

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