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Mr. John Merchant-Smith from Charlotte, NC is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Garinger Sports Network: Essential Equipment Needed

Help me give my students essential Media equipment for their training and production goals!

  • $5,421 goal

This project expired on February 18, 2024.

This project expired on February 18, 2024.

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

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This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

The cameras, flash, and printer will enable more Students to be trained in interviewing, video production, photography, content creation and sports marketing.

The goal for this project is for students to be enriched with skills in media production, which will result in more content production for our athletics website.

They will also attained skills in public speaking and communications.

My Students are special because they have a natural ability of communicating. They have already made connection with digital content as it relates to marketing. Our group was able to amass the 2nd most webpage views with little to no

Mr. John Merchant-Smith
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Canon - EOS 90D DSLR Camera with EF-S 18-135mm Lens - Black • Best Buy Education $1,617.95 2 $3,235.90
Canon MegaTank MAXIFY GX6021 Wireless Color All-in-One Inkjet Printer (4470C037) • Staples $644.83 1 $644.83
Canon - Speedlite 430EX III-RT External Flash • Best Buy Education $307.23 1 $307.23

Materials cost

$4,187.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $326.66

3rd party payment processing fee

$62.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$4,607.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$813.08

Total project goal

$5,420.52

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