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Ms. Stewart from West Jordan, UT is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Coats and Backpacks for Our Grizzlies

My students need winter coats and backpacks to pack food for the weekends.

  • $727 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Over 110 students in my high school are homeless, living in cars, behind businesses, or in shelters. Think about those kids for a minute. Put yourself in the place of a 16 year old junior in high school living in a car. Where do you shower? Where do you wash your clothes? Where do you get your meals after school, on the weekends, or during spring break?

A student cannot focus on my accounting lesson if they are worried about feeding their little sister or staying warm in the middle of a cold Utah winter.

These students are very real. I see their faces, hear their stories, and dry their tears. This project is for our homeless kids.

My Project

I started teaching two years ago after a long career as a litigation attorney. One afternoon I watched two defeated students walk into the office an hour after school ended. The office doors were locked, but a counselor was waiting to warmly greet the kids and usher them back to her office. I watched our principal and staff spring into action, embracing these kids as if they were their own. I later learned the two sisters had returned home after school to find a note from their mom saying she left and wouldn't be coming back. She told her kids to call the school for help and wished them a happy life. This was a Friday afternoon. The oldest child was 15 years old.

Grizzlies take care of our family.

Each year, my students and I host a "Please Feed the Grizzlies" campaign. We ask our student body to donate non-perishable food and toiletries to our school pantry. The pantry is open to ANY student who needs help no questions asked. The student is welcomed into the pantry and allowed to fill a backpack full of whatever food they need. If they aren't comfortable with this, one of our staff members will anonymously drop off a box of food.

We still have some serious needs that have not been met. First off, we need backpacks. Students need something "normal" to carry food back home. We absolutely DO NOT want our kids to be labeled or singled out for taking advantage of our pantry. Secondly, students need winter coats. My school is located in Utah where winters are cold. A warm coat is an expensive purchase and typically far outside the reach of these families.

Ms. Stewart
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Columbia Women's Mighty Lite III Jacket, Nightshade, Large • Amazon Business $64.28 1 $64.28
Columbia Men's Frost-Fighter Puffer Jacket, Graphite, Medium • Amazon Business $59.99 1 $59.99
Columbia Men's Frost-Fighter Puffer Jacket, Deep Woods, Large • Amazon Business $59.99 1 $59.99
Columbia Men's Frost-Fighter Puffer Jacket, Super Blue, X-Large • Amazon Business $59.99 1 $59.99
Columbia Womens Pacific Post Jacket Mineshaft M • Amazon Business $59.96 1 $59.96
Columbia Women's Mighty Lite III Jacket, Tradewinds Grey, X-Large • Amazon Business $59.21 1 $59.21
JanSport Big Student Backpack (One Size, Pink Funky Floral) • Amazon Business $34.95 1 $34.95
JanSport Big Student Backpack- Discontinued Colors (Blue Crest) • Amazon Business $30.81 1 $30.81
JanSport Big Student Classics Series Daypack (Blinded Blue) • Amazon Business $30.00 1 $30.00
JanSport Big Student Backpack (One Size, Multi Tip Top Chevron) • Amazon Business $29.96 1 $29.96
JanSport Big Student Backpack (One Size, Coral Dusk Jungle Adventure) • Amazon Business $29.95 1 $29.95
JanSport Big Student Backpack (One Size, Multi Bold Stripe) • Amazon Business $29.95 1 $29.95
JanSport Big Student Backpack (Blue Dizzy Swirl) • Amazon Business $29.59 1 $29.59

Materials cost

$578.63

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$617.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$108.94

Total project goal

$726.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $726.25

5 Donors

-$338.43

Donations toward project cost

-$323.43

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

match offer

-$345.74

Match offer toward project cost

-$293.88

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.86

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$42.08

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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