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Mrs. Picarella from Sun Valley, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Games for Lunch Time Brain Breaks!

Help me give my students some games to play at lunch time to make lunch social and enjoyable.

  • $340 goal

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My Project

My goal for this project is to create a chest of games all students can enjoy during lunch or before/after school time. These games will be a tool to increase time off phones and interact with each other. It also serves as a place to sometimes avoid stress from the outside world. What could be better than taking their mind off teenage stress than providing games to play.

These games become a tool to increase social interaction and decrease stress.

Students come in now and tell me these are the games they like the most. I cannot wait to surprise them with a box of games to enjoy.

Mrs. Picarella Sun Valley Magnet School Grades 6-8

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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Sun Valley, CA View local requests

Nearly all 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

120 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mattel Games UNO Card Game, Toy for Kids and Adults, Family Game for Camping and Travel in Storage Tin Box (Amazon Exclusive) • Amazon Business $10.99 5 $54.95
Sorry!© Board Game • Nasco $16.96 3 $50.88
Pressman Toy Chess Board Game • School Specialty $16.49 3 $49.47
Hasbro Gaming Guess Who? Board Game, with People and Pets Cards, The Original Guessing Game for Kids, Great Holiday, Ages 6 and Up (Amazon Exclusive) • Amazon Business $14.93 3 $44.79
Pressman Checkers • Kaplan Early Learning Company $8.06 3 $24.18

Materials cost

$224.27

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.04

Sales tax

 $20.52

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$288.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.86

Total project goal

$339.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $339.05

2 Donors

-$339.05

Donations toward project cost

-$288.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.86

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