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Mrs. McSwain from Greensboro, NC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

My students need planters, seed, books and other supplies and materials to learn how to start a school garden.

  • $614 goal

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My Students

There are many ways to present nutrition education, but gardening provides a fun, interactive way to teach and learn healthy eating habits. Growing healthy students is just as important as growing students who can read, write, and do math!

The students at my school want to learn.

They come from a high poverty area, but are a part of a community who cares. The school is a Title 1 school with free breakfast provided to all students who attend. Money is tight, but the students and staff are doing everything they can to continue learning and growing! Our students do not generally have the opportunity for a lot of life experiences, but work hard and do their best always, despite that.

My Project

My students need supplies and materials to learn how to start a school garden. Providing the students in my school these supplies will help them understand the hard work needed to grow food for others and themselves. This will grow their appreciation for farmers that grow food for them to buy at the store. Students will also have the opportunity to see the garden through to the growth of plants from planting a seed. Imagine the lesson in "sticking-with-it" they will receive from watching their plants grow. Another lesson learned from these materials is of nutrition. Eating fruits and vegetables is important for teachers to reinforce at school. This is a great opportunity for that!

Through a partnership with FEED USA, you can help provide the students at my school the opportunity to learn how to care for a garden, as well as teach them valuable information about nutrition.

These supplies will also help students appreciate and understand the hard work of farming. Nutrition education through school gardening will increase children's knowledge about fruits and vegetables and will improve their attitudes towards healthy eating habits. Help us garden together!

Mrs. McSwain Sumner Elementary School Grades 3-5

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

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Greensboro, NC View local requests

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Culinary Herb Garden • Carolina Biological Supply Company $25.17 1 $25.17
EarthBox Ready-to-Grow Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $63.60 1 $63.60
The Vegetable Garden (Big Book) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $30.53 1 $30.53
Growing Our Food Book Set (Set Of 6) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $30.06 1 $30.06
What's Growing Felt Workshop • Kaplan Early Learning Company $15.44 2 $30.88
Planter Set - Complete • Sargent-Welch $256.50 1 $256.50

Materials cost

$436.74

Vendor shipping charges

 $8.88

Sales tax

 $34.07

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$521.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.98

Total project goal

$613.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $613.22

4 Donors

-$302.20

Donations toward project cost

-$260.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.58

match offer

-$306.61

Match offer toward project cost

-$260.62

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.99

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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 $0.00

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