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Ms. Tiffany from Kalamazoo, MI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building More Than Buildings!

Help me give my students some amazing new materials for building and strengthening their fine motor skills.

  • $178 goal

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My Project

I have an amazing group of students that love to build. Their main type of building materials are currently the magnetic tiles. While these are amazing materials to build with they don’t require much for finger strength.

Building with Duplo blocks will require some muscle strength which will help them so much in their future education experiences.

Developing fine motor skills will help with writing, self help skills such as buttons and zippers as well as being creative with art supplies and more.

These Duplo blocks will open a new view on building their houses and cars beyond the magnetic tiles they have used all year. I cannot wait to see what they will do.

Ms. Tiffany Kalamazoo RESA Head Start 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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Kalamazoo, MI View local requests

More than half of 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

18 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO - DUPLO Deluxe Brick Box 10914 • Best Buy Education $49.99 1 $49.99
LEGO DUPLO Classic Brick Box - 10913 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $35.96 1 $35.96
School Smart Storage Bin with Lid, 11 x 16 x 6 Inches, Blue • School Specialty $14.99 1 $14.99
School Smart Storage Bin with Lid, 11 x 16 x 6 Inches, Yellow • School Specialty $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$115.93

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$150.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.59

Total project goal

$177.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $177.26

2 Donors

-$88.63

Donations toward project cost

-$75.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.29

Matching donations from our partners

-$88.62

Match offers toward project cost

-$75.33

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.29

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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 $0.00

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