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Ms. Wilkins from Genoa, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Feed Em' Books!

My students need enticing fiction and nonfiction books to help them build literacy skills and to help make them regular customers at the library.

  • $678 goal

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My Students

Kids are not only hungry for stories and information, they are hungry for books that teach them about the world and themselves. Our library is small, but mighty and thanks to those who support literacy and promote the importance of reading, it's only getting stronger. Please help us keep growing.

Our students live in a rural area in the Midwest and attend a small high school of about 650 students.

Many of our students come from homes in which their parents or parent is struggling financially. It is a lower socioeconomic area that has been hit hard by economic struggles, job loss, and state budget cuts. Despite these obstacles, our students remain positive and continue to strive for success. Most importantly,they maintain pride in their school and community. Kids have no control over budget cuts and growing up in lower income homes where money is tight and it is our job as educators to protect them from the consequences of those struggles. The bottom line is that we need to work hard to lessen the brunt of unfortunate circumstances and provide our kids with the educational resources they need and deserve. Students need books that invite them into the transforming experience of becoming lifelong independent readers.

My Project

These books are tools we will use to strengthen our library collection and better serve the needs of our learning community. Everyone in the district will have access to them for as long as they are relevant to the needs of our students and staff. Students will use these materials for school and personal research, as well as entertainment. When you give to this project, you are giving to multiple classrooms throughout our district. Current and future students will utilize these materials, so your impact is far reaching and widespread. The wonderful thing about books is that so many individual and unique needs can be met by them at any given time. They may serve different purposes for different occasions, but the common thread is that they all serve good purposes and will continue to do so for years to come.

If you have had the experience of discovering a life-transforming book, you understand the impact winning this grant will have on our students.

Books provide entertainment, knowledge, self-discovery, questions, answers, etc. The beauty of books' impact is that the gifts they hold transform lives for a lifetime. Your gift will help students build empathy, literacy skills, and self-knowledge. Most importantly, winning this grant will help students achieve more in school and in life.

Ms. Wilkins Genoa - Kingston High School Grades 9-12

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Genoa, IL View local requests

More than a third 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

650 students impacted 15donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Forensic Science: • AKJ Books $26.02 1 $26.02
Lady Midnight • AKJ Books $18.24 1 $18.24
Iron Rails, Iron Men, and the Race to Link the Nation: The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad • AKJ Books $16.78 1 $16.78
The Knife Of Never Letting Go • AKJ Books $16.13 1 $16.13
These Shallow Graves • AKJ Books $14.59 1 $14.59
Wild at Heart • AKJ Books $14.59 1 $14.59
Honor Girl • AKJ Books $14.59 1 $14.59
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler • AKJ Books $14.59 1 $14.59
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom • AKJ Books $14.59 1 $14.59
The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, Book 4) • AKJ Books $13.86 1 $13.86
Untamed • AKJ Books $13.86 1 $13.86
The Prisoners of Breendonk • AKJ Books $13.86 1 $13.86
Photos Framed: A Fresh Look at the World''s Most Memorable Ph • AKJ Books $13.86 1 $13.86
Everything, Everything • AKJ Books $13.86 1 $13.86
The Darkest Part of the Forest • AKJ Books $13.14 1 $13.14
Wintergirls (HB) • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Wrath and the Dawn • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Scorpion Rules • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Rook • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
No Such Person • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Audacity • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Magonia • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Sweet • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Mark of the Thief • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Boy in the Black Suit • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Boy in the Black Suit • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Kidney Hypothetical • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Shutter • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
One • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Game of Love and Death • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Emperor of Any Place • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Stars Above • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Chill • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Liv, Forever • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
SONG FOR ELLA GREY, A • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
X: A Novel • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
The Rig • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Holy Spokes! • AKJ Books $10.94 1 $10.94
This Book Is Gay • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29

Materials cost

$537.46

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.06

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$575.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$101.56

Total project goal

$677.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $677.08

9 Donors

-$659.44

Donations toward project cost

-$575.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$83.92

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.64

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