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Mrs. Hales from Baltimore, MD is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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If You Were a Crayon.... What Color Would You Be?

My students need art supplies like colored pencils, crayons, markers and oil pastels.

  • $455 goal

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My Students

For an excellent education, art is a necessity! Unfortunately art supplies are consumable, and need to be replaced.

My students attend an inner city public school.

Most are from low income families and many of them receive free lunch every day. Parents who can, will provide students with school supplies at the beginning of the school year, but those supplies are often sent home to enable students to complete their homework. The school budget provides an amazing art teacher at our school but doesn't always leave room for the supplies that are necessary to properly stock the art room.

My Project

Your donation of colored pencils, crayons, markers, and oil pastels will provide the necessary materials for a school of 400 children to draw, color, and create! Our preschoolers will explore the elements of art such as line, shape, texture and color with crayons and colored pencils. Our primary students will learn to use basic shapes to create people, animals and landscapes. They will explore habitats and animal camouflage using colored pencils and markers. Our intermediate students will make their own Matisse drawings and self portraits, while having a chance to work with oil pastels.

As adults, when we look back on our schooling, many of us remember art projects that we made in elementary school.

Artwork is an extension of our self and therefore often holds a special, personal meaning. Please help my students to experience the visual arts and realize their artistic potential. Thank you!

Mrs. Hales Hilton Elementary School 21 Grades PreK-2

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

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Baltimore, MD 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

400 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
PENCIL CRAYOLA COLORED CLASSPACK OF 240 • School Specialty Inc. $36.09 1 $36.09
MARKERS CRAYOLA WASHABLE CONICAL TIP CLASSPACK OF 200 • School Specialty Inc. $75.04 1 $75.04
PENCIL CRAYOLA WATERCOLOR ASSORTED PK 240 • School Specialty Inc. $52.24 1 $52.24
CRAYONS CRAYOLA CONST PAPER 160CT LG SIZE • School Specialty Inc. $43.50 1 $43.50
CRAYONS CRAYOLA 8 COLOR CLASS PACK OF 800 • School Specialty Inc. $52.72 1 $52.72
PASTELS CRAYOLA OIL LARGE SIZE CLASS PACK OF 336 • School Specialty Inc. $39.19 1 $39.19

Materials cost

$298.78

Vendor shipping charges

 $29.88

Sales tax

 $17.93

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$386.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.13

Total project goal

$454.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $454.20

9 Donors

-$227.10

Donations toward project cost

-$193.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.06

match offer

-$227.09

Match offer toward project cost

-$193.03

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.06

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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 $0.00

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