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Help Us Keep the Beat Alive!

My students need drum cases for the drum set they play on at the school to protect it from further damage.

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My Students

We have music inside all of us, and with your help, we can continue to express ourselves through music.

Speaking from the music department, each year a new class of students comes to us looking to build upon the previous year's success.

Resources are hard to come by, especially for a music program at a Title I school, but the school has done a great job in supplying what it can to field our successful music program. Being that most families cannot afford musical instruments, the students show their gratitude to the school for providing them with instruments by playing their hearts out every chance they get.

My Project

We are given many opportunities to obtain instruments for our students so that we can field a successful music program, however we find it hard to service the instruments we already own. With each passing year we spend more money and grants on repair than we do on purchasing new instruments. Our school obtained a very nice 5 piece Pearl drum set that has the quality to last many years, however we do not have cases for the instruments. This has led to many damages caused from leaving the instruments out (being knocked over, unauthorized students playing the drum set) to damages sustained while moving the instrument (field trips and other performances). If we were able to get these cases, we can make this drum set last for many more years and allow students at MS 180 to use this great piece of equipment for years to come!

For a student body who is fortunate enough to have access to such great instruments and equipment, it is important for us as a staff to do everything we can to make sure they continue to do so.

This project will allow years of students to be a part of something very special. We hope those lights that ignite in our students' eyes when they walk into our music room never goes out because broken instruments.

Mr. Heathwood Middle School 180 Dr Daniel Hale Williams Grades 6-8

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

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.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
4 Piece Drum Case Set • Woodwind and Brasswind $454.96 1 $454.96
Protechtor Classic Compact Accessory Case (4-Wheel) • Woodwind and Brasswind $169.99 1 $169.99
SKB-CV8 Roto-X Cymbal Vault • Woodwind and Brasswind $139.99 1 $139.99

Materials cost

$764.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.47

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$806.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$142.31

Total project goal

$948.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $948.72

7 Donors

-$860.48

Donations toward project cost

-$806.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.07

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$88.24

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