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Ms. Landheer from Oakland, CA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Keeping Things Fresh With a New Vacuum!

Help me give my students a new vacuum, belts, and bags to keep our classrooms clean!

  • $471 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My students are creative, enthusiastic, and animated learners. They are eager to grow as readers, writers, mathematicians, and scholars. Beyond these wonderful attributes, each one of my students brings a unique story and set of experiences to our classroom.

We live out one of our school's values, 'Diversity As Our Strength,' every day.

Our families come from an incredible variety of countries including Bhutan, Mexico, the Philippines, Guatemala, Thailand, China, Honduras, El Salvador, and Afghanistan. Our families, school, and neighborhood are deeply connected to create a community full of hope, support, and love.

My Project

Our school needs a new vacuum so that we can keep our classrooms clean. Students track a lot of dirt, germs, and trash into the classroom with them every day, and as much as teachers and students work to clean up after ourselves, there are some things only a vacuum can pick up! Our vacuum breaks frequently which often results in classrooms not being cleaned for weeks at a time!

Without a working vacuum, students end up sitting, laying, and playing on a dirty carpet day after day.

We use the carpet for lessons four times a day, independent work, and student play time. Students often stretch out and lay down on the carpet during work time. We need a functioning vacuum in order to keep our carpet clean!

Ms. Landheer
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Electrolux Sanitaire Commercial Standard Upright Vac, Gray, Red (SC688A) • Quill.com $300.89 1 $300.89
50 Round Belts RD for Eureka & Sanitaire Upright Vacuum 30563 52100 Commercial • Amazon Business $24.00 1 $24.00
EnviroCare Replacement Micro Filtration Vacuum Bags for Eureka Sanitaire Style ST Uprights 5 Pack • Amazon Business $9.23 1 $9.23

Materials cost

$334.12

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $30.57

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$399.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.54

Total project goal

$470.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $470.24

4 Donors

-$342.00

Donations toward project cost

-$290.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.30

match offer

-$128.24

Match offer toward project cost

-$109.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.24

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 $0.00

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