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Ms. York from Philadelphia, PA is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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I Can't Breathe

My students need an air conditioner to be able to work in 100-degree weather.

  • $370 goal

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My Students

My students are bright black youth that suffer from the disinvestment from the local government in their communities. In Philadelphia, schooling is highly segregated. Schools only 15 minutes away are overflowing with resources to make education engaging and restorative. My students deserve the same opportunities and conditions as the students down the block.

My courageous, resilient, low-income students of color deserve the same educational experience as those living in wealth.

My 14 and 15-year-old students can see the segregation within their school and the lack of resources that follow. To make their education meaningful, they need their basic needs met.

My Project

My students are disadvantaged black students who do not have an air conditioner in their classroom. This basic and essential need often makes it hard to learn with temperatures over one hundred in Philadelphia. While my students are amazing individuals, anyone would be distracted/unable to work in conditions like these.

My students, many of whom have asthma from poor air quality, cannot breathe in my classroom due to the heat and humidity, this makes it nearly impossible for learning to happen.

The air conditioner will make learning possible. Every day I am stopped because of students' inability to breathe, focus, and enjoy being in the classroom. It is urgent that this condition is changed.

Ms. York Overbrook High School Grades 9-12

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.

More about Ms. York

Philadelphia, PA 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

160 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
JHS 8,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner Portable AC Unit, A019-8KR/A Remote Control Small Air Cooler Dehumidifier with Timer, Sleep Mode and 2 Fan Speed • Amazon Business $279.99 1 $279.99

Materials cost

$279.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$314.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.45

Total project goal

$369.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$369.64

4 Donors

-$367.87

Donations toward project cost

-$314.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.68

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.77

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$0.00

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