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Mr. Chrestay from Philadelphia, PA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Our Club Play the Fastest Game on Earth

My students need two ping pong tables that can fold and roll to stow in storage.

  • $1,163 goal

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My Students

Right now our table tennis club is predominantly a spectator sport. The 30+ students that routinely come to play are currently spending most of the 90 minutes waiting to play on a single table that we have constructed by pushing three smaller tables together.

My students are table tennis novices but are already talking about playing in tournaments.

They have no shortage of energy and dedication, despite a state and a district that has been failing them financially. Because of budget cuts, this table tennis club is one of the only after school activities available at our school, and it is here solely due to student interest. They have taken to this club from the beginning of the semester when thirty of them showed up after school just to learn the rules. Their loyalty and their excitement is what makes me want to find new resources for them. They deserve to play ping pong and not just to watch.

My Project

The major benefit to having these two tables will be the ability to conduct tournaments in a reasonable amount of time. With our current set-up, a tournament involving all of our members takes between two and three hours. With these two tables we can easily complete a tournament in the 90 minutes we have available. Also, in addition to allowing more people to play, these tables will be regulation size, unlike the "table" we constructed out of three school desks.

Although nobody would say that the funding problem in our district is evidenced primarily by a lack of ping pong clubs, I think the lack of extracurricular activities in impoverished school districts is more of a problem than it first seems.

These after school activities draw students to school and are significant times that students often remember more than individual classes. It's not that the core subjects don't matter, but our school hasn't lost its core subjects--it's lost its clubs

Mr. Chrestay Franklin Learning Center Grades 9-12

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At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

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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

40 students impacted 19donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Stiga Triumph Table Tennis Table with Quick Play • Amazon $472.18 2 $944.36

Materials cost

$944.36

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$988.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$174.45

Total project goal

$1,162.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,162.98

14 Donors

-$383.84

Donations toward project cost

-$341.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.58

Matching donations from our partners

-$761.49

Match offers toward project cost

-$647.27

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$114.22

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.64

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 $0.00

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