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Ms. Hardy from Opa Locka, FL is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Reading Retreats at Home

Help me give my students at-home libraries by building bookshelves filled with books in their homes!

  • $990 goal

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My Project

Our second-grade students love to read around the clock. Many of them enjoy borrowing books from the classroom and engaging with them at home, but what if we could create a permanent space for them to have a collection of books at home? Our students need access to books they love at home, and you can help!

The concept is to collect milk cartons, fill them with books, stack them as high as they can go, and create at-home bookshelves filled with books for our students to enjoy.

Milk carton libraries provide children with easy access to a variety of books, fostering a love for reading from a young age. This initiative helps bridge the literacy gap and ensures that second graders have a range of books at their disposal not just in school but in the comfort of their homes. Milk carton libraries are portable, allowing children to take their books anywhere. Personalizing the cartons through decoration makes the library a unique and inviting space, and encourages children to engage with their books more effectively. As students read more books at school and at home, they'll be able to close literacy gaps across all content areas.

Ms. Hardy Dr Robert B Ingram Elementary School 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.

More about Ms. Hardy

Opa Locka, FL View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

50 students impacted 6donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Jezero MC-16-S2 Multi-Purpose Milk Crate • Amazon Business $88.77 9 $798.93

Materials cost

$798.93

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$840.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$148.40

Total project goal

$989.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $989.31

5 Donors

-$989.31

Donations toward project cost

-$840.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$148.40

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 $0.00

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