Help me give my students materials they need to create a restorative community garden.
$440 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating 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.
Our school has a community garden that serves as an educational beacon for newly arrived immigrants to learn English through gardening, ecological restoration, and community building projects. Though our school community resides within a food desert, our students are helping create local food sources, including through growing and harvesting mushrooms, as an ongoing community service project that promotes nutrition and environmental stewardship.
When students grow mushrooms they can become empowered to lead hands on community service projects that restore and nurture not only the natural world but communities like ours too.
Our students will collaborate with community residents and local businesses to turn compost and food waste like coffee grinds into edible mushrooms, in both indoor and outdoor environments. The requested materials will support our community service outreach initiative. They will grow mushrooms outdoors in garden raised beds and a compost bin. Indoors they will read informational texts, plus explore and observe fungi by growing mushrooms on locally sourced coffee grinds inside covered coffee cups using spray bottles and stirrers that will be stored inside the plastic bins.
By taking ownership of this community service learning project, our students are taking a big step toward a healthier community. They will play a crucial role in advocating for policies that support food security and promote improving the natural environment. With the support of the mushroom spawn, texts, and containers, we're confident they'll demonstrate a path for affordably providing fresh food and restoring the degraded environment in our South Bronx community.
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
Organic Italian Oyster Mushroom Sawdust Spawn
• North Spore
$30.00
2
$60.00
Organic Blue Oyster Mushroom Sawdust Spawn
• North Spore
$30.00
2
$60.00
Sterilite 30 Qt Ultra Latch Box, Stackable Storage Bin with Lid, Plastic Container with Heavy Duty Latches to Organize, Clear and White Lid, (Pack of 6)
• Amazon Business
$47.77
1
$47.77
Host Defense - The Mushroom Cultivator: A Practical Guide to Growing Mushrooms at Home, by Paul Stamets and J.S. Chilton, 1
• Amazon Business
$34.95
1
$34.95
Organic Almond Agaricus Mushroom Sawdust Spawn
• North Spore
$30.00
1
$30.00
Organic Snow Oyster Mushroom Sawdust Spawn
• North Spore
$30.00
1
$30.00
Amazon Basics Paper Hot Cups with Lids, Café Design, 16 oz, 100-Count
• Amazon Business
$20.02
1
$20.02
24 Pcs Spray Bottles 2oz / 55ml Clear Empty Mini Spray Bottles Refillable Container Pocket Size Sprayer Set Essential Oils Travel Cleaning Makeup Bottles with 2pcs Funnels 32pcs Labels
• Amazon Business
$8.99
2
$17.98
Mushroom Rain
• Amazon Business
$16.01
1
$16.01
The Little Book of Mushrooms: An Illustrated Guide to the Extraordinary Power of Mushrooms
• Amazon Business
$14.10
1
$14.10
Comfy Package, [500 Count] 5.5 Inch Wooden Coffee Stirrers - Wood Stir Sticks
• Amazon Business
$7.91
1
$7.91
Materials cost
$338.74
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$5.08
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$373.82
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$65.97
Total project goal
$439.79
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$439.79
1 Donor
-$439.79
Donations toward project cost
-$373.82
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