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Ms. Peoples from Chicago, IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help! My Creative Juices Are on Lockdown

My students need supplies, such as scissors, construction paper, glue, pencils and crayons.

  • $386 goal

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"I'm the proud teacher of some eager and sometimes rambunctious third graders. Our school is located in the a southwest side community of Chicago. This community is of low to modest income families and our school consist of 96% free lunch students.

It sometimes becomes a taunting task to complete a creative art project with so few supplies. Your creativity is somewhat limited with a few sheets of copy paper and sharpened down pencils.

It is my hope that we can find a generous heart to help us by providing such items as construction paper to create colorful art projects, scissors, glue, pencils and crayons to be prepare for fun and imaginative activities.

So, please help us to keep the juices flowing as we create some very imaginative projects and simply have fun each day while knowing that we have materials to use freely. Thanks for your consideration.

Ms. Peoples Langford Academy Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Chicago, IL 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
TA51LG - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - Light Green • Lakeshore Learning $1.99 1 $1.99
TA51BK - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - Black • Lakeshore Learning $1.99 2 $3.98
TA51WT - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - White • Lakeshore Learning $1.99 2 $3.98
TA51LB - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - Light Brown • Lakeshore Learning $1.99 1 $1.99
TA51BR - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - Brown • Lakeshore Learning $1.99 1 $1.99
TA51DW - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - Dark Brown • Lakeshore Learning $1.99 1 $1.99
TA51PN - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - Pink • Lakeshore Learning $1.99 1 $1.99
TA51LL - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - Lilac • Lakeshore Learning $1.99 1 $1.99
TA51VT - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - Violet • Lakeshore Learning $1.99 1 $1.99
TA51HR - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - Holiday Red • Lakeshore Learning $1.99 3 $5.97
TA51RO - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - Red-Orange • Lakeshore Learning $1.99 1 $1.99
TA51RG - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - Orange • Lakeshore Learning $1.99 2 $3.98
TA51YE - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - Yellow • Lakeshore Learning $1.99 3 $5.97
TA51MG - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - Medium Green • Lakeshore Learning $1.99 1 $1.99
TA51GB - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - Bright Green • Lakeshore Learning $1.99 1 $1.99
TA51DG - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - Dark Green • Lakeshore Learning $1.99 1 $1.99
TA51HG - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - Holiday Green • Lakeshore Learning $1.99 1 $1.99
TA51BU - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - Blue • Lakeshore Learning $1.99 2 $3.98
TA51SB - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - Sky Blue • Lakeshore Learning $1.99 2 $3.98
TA51DB - Construction Paper - 12" x 18" - Dark Blue • Lakeshore Learning $1.99 1 $1.99
TA2613 - Red Baseline Ruled Newsprint - Grade 3 • Lakeshore Learning $5.49 3 $16.47
SU28 - Pencils - Standard #2 • Lakeshore Learning $1.90 12 $22.80
VX841 - Best-Buy Standard Crayons - 12-Color Box • Lakeshore Learning $84.95 1 $84.95
TS548Z - Best-Buy Scissors - Pointed-Tip - Dozen • Lakeshore Learning $13.95 3 $41.85
RS261 - Help-Yourself Glue Tubes • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 4 $51.80

Materials cost

$275.58

Vendor shipping charges

$27.56

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$316.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.43

Total project goal

$385.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$385.73

8 Donors

-$385.73

Donations toward project cost

-$316.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.43

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$0.00

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