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Mrs. Brandon from Oakland, IA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Guiro? I Thought You Needed a Hero!

My students need a tambourine, mallets and sticks to enhance their future performances.

  • $253 goal

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My Students

The instrumental music program is offered to students in grades 5 to 12. With almost 120 students in the entire program, Band is one of the largest groups in our district to be involved in.

My students are always willing to explore different styles of music.

We do this by playing music from different cultures, regions, history, and genres. In order to get the full effect from these styles and sounds of music, our band is in search of specific instruments to match these music origins!

My Project

Will you be our hero? We're in need of a guiro and more! The band needs to expand its variety of percussive and auxiliary instruments in order to allow us to play a variety of styles and genres of music. We need a tambourine, mallets and sticks.

There is so much wonderful repertoire out there that we cannot perform because we simply do not have the instrument to perform the music.

With these instruments and mallets, my bands will have the opportunity to share and perform a variety of styles of music for our audience.

The bands thank you for your for your support in this project!

Mrs. Brandon Riverside Middle High School Grades 9-12

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Oakland, IA View local requests

More than a third 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sound Values Tambourine • Woodwind and Brasswind $78.40 1 $78.40
Gen 6 Hard Tonal Timpani Mallets • Woodwind and Brasswind $38.80 1 $38.80
Turbo Guiro • Woodwind and Brasswind $29.99 1 $29.99
3-Pair 5B Sticks with Free Pair 5B Barrel Wood Tip • Woodwind and Brasswind $22.83 1 $22.83

Materials cost

$170.02

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $11.65

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$214.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.80

Total project goal

$252.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $252.02

4 Donors

-$143.50

Donations toward project cost

-$121.98

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.52

match offer

-$108.52

Match offer toward project cost

-$92.24

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.28

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