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Mr. Reitz from State College, PA is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Our Hurting Behinds!

My students need comfortable seating for self selected reading time. Right now our only choices are the hard tile floor or their desk chairs.

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My Students

Is there anything better than sitting down in a comfy chair and reading a favorite book? Now imagine if your favorite chair was replaced with a hard tile floor. Wouldn't it be that much harder to enjoy your story? I know it is for my students.

I teach a diverse class of 20 fifth graders.

They love reading, and we make time for it every day at school. Unfortunately, we have no choice but to either sit at our desks or sit on the floor when it's time to read silently. Sitting on the floor day after day makes our behinds hurt!

My Project

I am requesting some comfortable seating for our classroom. I would love to have a few options other than sitting on the hard floor available for them during reading time. Even if we had just a few comfortable things to sit on, we would be more than happy to share them among ourselves. We have had the idea of making a calendar and signing up for an equal number of days to sit on the comfy chairs for each student.

This donation of comfortable seating would make a difference because it would help us truly be able to enjoy our books.

Sometimes sitting on the floor can be really distracting when your tailbone is aching! Being comfortable would definitely help my students focus on our books better! Also, this donation would be able to be used by future students for years and years to come. I like the idea of saving the tailbones of future kids!

Mr. Reitz Park Forest Elementary School Grades 3-5

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State College, PA View local requests 23 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cozy Lounger - Solid Blue (45" diameter) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $109.95 1 $109.95
Cozy Lounger • Kaplan Early Learning Company $84.95 2 $169.90

Materials cost

$279.85

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$314.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.42

Total project goal

$369.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$369.47

3 Donors

-$149.73

Donations toward project cost

-$127.27

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.46

Matching donations from our partners

-$219.74

Match offers toward project cost

-$186.78

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.96

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$0.00

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