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Mrs. Melissa Smith from Spooner, WI is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Glass Giving Is Great Every Year

My students need glass plates, and tissue paper to make brightly designed plates.

  • $326 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Our students are artists, they love to create! Our students are also very giving, and would give a gift every week if they could.

We have 92 third grade students who we would like to create a gift for their parents around this upcoming giving season.

Every year we try to do this project, but in recent years the glass plates have gotten very expensive. We as teachers have started paying for these plates on our own. We would love to continue to do this project because giving is a wonderful thing for our students to learn.

My Project

These glass plates are fun and exciting to create. Each plate is covered with tissue paper that our students pick out. Some are multi-colored while others are single colored. We love how each plate is unique and has a different pattern. This project lights up our students eyes and is a perfect gift to give to our parents during the holiday season. Our students really look forward to this project and we love doing it with them. They also wrap them in their own created wrapping paper and tie them with a bow. These are simply amazing to see!

By donating you will give a gift to our students, and their parents.

Your gift is one that will keep creativity and giving alive in our students. Your donation will not only impact our 92 students, but also our five teachers, and 92 families.

Mrs. Melissa Smith
Grades 3-5
    More than half 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

    This project will reach 92 students.

    10 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Libbey Crisa Moderno Glass Salad/Dessert Plate, 7-1/2-Inch , Box of 12, Clear • Amazon Business $28.97 8 $231.76
Art Wall 2506-126 100-Piece Tissue Paper, 20 x 26-Inch, Assorted Colors • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99

Materials cost

$242.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$276.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.77

Total project goal

$325.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $325.16

7 Donors

-$265.46

Donations toward project cost

-$233.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.57

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.70

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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