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Mr. Cunha from Newark, NJ is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Us Build A Basketball Court!

My students need a portable basketball hoop for their empty playground as well as a chain and lock to secure it.

  • $1,004 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My students love playing basketball more than anything but the broken hoop they have been using for years on our empty, blacktop playground has finally been removed. We need a new hoop as well as chain and lock to protect it so these kids can play the game that they love so much once again.

I teach 5th-8th grade public school students in a high poverty community in New Jersey.

Our school has incredibly limited funding and because of this, our physical education program has suffered tremendously. My students have a natural love and talent for basketball and have been dramatically impacted by the lack of resources.

My Project

If we received this basketball hoop, lock, and chain, hundreds of inner city at-risk children would benefit every week. Their love of physical activity would thrive and their sense of school community would blossom. These resources would teach my students to be the best athletes they can be as well as teach them about the value of teamwork and cooperation.

Donations to this project will make a huge impact on hundreds of students who simply want to be outside playing basketball before school, during lunch, after school, and during physical education classes.

I hope that if we receive these materials, many students will develop a lifelong love of playing basketball and being on a team.

Mr. Cunha Ridge Street Elementary School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

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.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Mr. Cunha

Newark, NJ View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

350 students impacted 18donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Backstop, Portable, Acrylic, 54 x 32 In • Grainger $685.35 1 $685.35
Non Rekeyable Padlock, Brass, KD • Grainger $27.41 1 $27.41
Chain, Grade 30, 3/16 Size, 20 ft., 800 lb. • Grainger $25.34 1 $25.34

Materials cost

$738.10

Vendor shipping charges

 $73.81

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$852.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$150.53

Total project goal

$1,003.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,003.51

12 Donors

-$878.73

Donations toward project cost

-$810.48

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$68.25

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$74.78

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 $0.00

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