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Ms. Melissa from Brooklyn, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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First Graders Need More Play Centers!

Help me give my students a kit of table top foam dinosaur bones, an ancient animals construction magnet kit, and two magnetic cookie sheets.

  • 2 donors
  • $186 goal

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My Project

My first grade class absolutely loves having center time. Recently, I purchased a foam dinosaur bone kit. It has been a huge hit! We need another kit, so more students are able to go to the center at the same time. There are only three dinosaur heads, so a second kit will enable 4 kids to go to that center. We have a kit of magnetic animal body parts that kids use to create wacky animal combinations to make their own cryptid animals. I would love to a set of prehistoric animal parts, so my students can create even wackier animals! We could also use two cookie sheets, so two more students can join the center.

Your donation will bring joy to my students during our choice time centers!

Ms. Melissa PS 261 Zipporiah Mills Grades PreK-2

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Brooklyn, NY 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Tabletop Dino Bones • Imagination Playground $69.99 1 $69.99
MAGNOMATIC Ancient Animals Construction Kit - Funny Fridge Magnet Creature Creation Kit • Amazon Business $29.95 1 $29.95
SS&CC Little Small Baking Sheets Nonstick Set of 2 (9.5inch X 7.1inch) 8 Inch Nonstick Baking Toaster Oven Tray Cookie Sheets, 1 or 2 Person Household • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$114.93

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.69

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$157.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.77

Total project goal

$185.11

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $185.11

1 Donor

-$107.39

Donations toward project cost

-$107.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$58.76

Match offer toward project cost

-$49.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.81

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$18.95

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 $0.00

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