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Mr. Ribar from Ford City, PA is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Growing Instrumental Program Needs Help with Instruments

Help me give my students a bass drum for the opportunity to perform for our school, parents, and community on quality instruments.

  • $2,523 goal

This project expired on June 27, 2024.

This project expired on June 27, 2024.

My Project

The Instrumental Music Program at our elementary school is growing in both size and in quality of education. These musicians are practicing, performing, and conducting themselves at a level far beyond elementary school. The program is getting so much support from the community that there were approximately 700 people at our last concert! The devotion and resilience of our students and parents to instrumental music is what keeps the integrity of this program growing.

However, our students do not have the opportunity to play on quality instruments.

They are learning and playing at such a high caliber, but the equipment is completely out-dated. The ability to perform on quality equipment will allow the students to opportunity to grow even more.

Music is not only an essential part of humanity, but training in instrumental music engages more part of the brain than most cognitive tasks. Instrumental music teaches and reinforces: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, patterns, geometry, ratios, fractions, sequences, decoding, comprehension, and language.

Instrumental music also teaches very important 21st century skills, including: discipline, confidence, cooperation, leadership, listening, creating, analyzing, and synthesizing. The students in our program are learning things about style, culture, history, and humanity that the typical students does not receive. Please help to keep such a great opportunity for our students alive.

Mr. Ribar Lenape Elementary School Grades 3-5

More about Mr. Ribar

Ford City, PA 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

Never Before Funded 120 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pearl Concert Bass Drum with STBD Suspended Stand 36 x 16 • Woodwind and Brasswind $2,083.00 1 $2,083.00

Materials cost

$2,083.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$31.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,144.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$378.40

Total project goal

$2,522.64

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