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Mrs. Means from La Mesa, CA is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Helping Families in Need

Help me give my students the opportunity to make food bags for our families in need to help them though the upcoming spring break.

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My Students

My sweet students come from diverse backgrounds and bring a large array of experiences to our room. One thing they all have in common is using their imaginations and creating a happy world within our walls.

Daily, my students overcome a variety of basic challenges - getting breakfast, making it to school, and having homework completed.

Our school is a Title I urban school with the most diverse population in our district, serving free or reduced-price lunch to over 80% of our students. School becomes a safe haven for these scholars where expectations are the same every day, and their basic needs are met. While they come to school to learn, they thrive when they are given the opportunity to utilize a variety of resources to make learning real and fun. This is what keeps them coming back and keeps them hooked into learning the rigorous academic standards.

My Project

Our school is a Title I school, with more than 80% of our students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. Many of these students are dependent on school breakfast and lunch. We would like to purchase 300 bags of food from City Hope, an organization that helps provide food to children in need in our community.

We would like our students to practice community service by filling the food bags with healthy breakfast and lunch items and distributing them to families in need so that they will have healthy food to eat over the two-week school breaks.

What a great way for my students to learn about and take an active role in serving others, as well as help out some of our families in need. It's a win-win situation!

Mrs. Means La Mesa Dale Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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 Mrs. Means

La Mesa, CA View local requests

More than half 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

28 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Food Bags • City Hope $13.33 300 $3,999.00

Materials cost

$3,999.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $365.91

3rd party payment processing fee

$59.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$4,454.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$786.16

Total project goal

$5,241.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $5,241.05

3 Donors

-$4,454.89

Donations toward project cost

-$4,454.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$786.16

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 $0.00

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