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Mrs. West-Simon from Irvine, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Inchy the Book Vending Machine Needs to be Fed!

Help me give my students Books for Inchy, Our School's Book Vending Machine

  • $168 goal

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My Project

In 2021, our campus received an amazing new upgrade, in the form of a book vending machine named Inchy. Our students continue to be thrilled by Inchy, and they have had the opportunity to earn tokens to redeem for an Inchy book in several different ways, from behavior awards to reading prizes, to birthdays! We love witnessing the children’s enthusiasm when they receive their tokens; the only downside is that Inchy has a big appetite and constantly needs to be fed with new reading materials.

We'd love to be able to restock Inchy with a great new variety of books that would help keep our students happy and enthusiastic about reading!

We constantly receive suggestions from students about books they’d like to see in Inchy, and would also like to enhance the collection with some timely Lunar New Year titles as well. Books like these will help keep our students engaged and excited about reading, and also celebrate the culturally rich makeup of our student population!

Mrs. West-Simon Santiago Hills Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Irvine, CA View local requests 550 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wings of Fire 14 Books Set (Books 1-14) Exclusive Collection • Amazon Business $46.98 1 $46.98
Wings of Fire #1-#4: A Graphic Novel Box Set (Wings of Fire Graphic Novels #1-#4) (Wings of Fire Graphix) • Amazon Business $23.89 1 $23.89
The Night Before Lunar New Year • Amazon Business $5.99 3 $17.97
Tomorrow Is New Year's Day: Seollal, a Korean Celebration of the Lunar New Year • Amazon Business $13.04 1 $13.04

Materials cost

$101.88

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $9.32

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$142.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.19

Total project goal

$167.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $167.92

3 Donors

-$122.04

Donations toward project cost

-$109.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.46

Matching donations from our partners

-$39.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$33.15

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.85

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.88

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 $0.00

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