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Mrs. Cooper from Akiak, AK is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Keeping Warm in Rural Alaska!

My students need crochet hooks and yarn to learn how to crochet and make projects for gifts and fundraising of their own. They want to learn a skill they can share with others!

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My Students

I teach in a Native Alaskan Subsistence village in rural Alaska. My students are sweet and hardworking. They love to fish, hunt, and pick berries. Many of my students want the chance to learn how to knit, crochet, sew, and do other valuable and fun arts and crafts.

Winter is long and hard in this part of Alaska and there are many days when the kids have few options for fun activities after school lets out.

Help give my students more options!

My Project

Your generous gift will allow my students to learn a new skill. I am asking for a variety of yarn and crochet hooks so that students can work together to create scarves, hats, and blankets for themselves and to donate to the local community (especially some of the elders in the area). The students will learn basic crochet stitches and how to complete a "grannie square". They will be able to use the yarn and crochet hooks to create a variety of individual squares and pieces for a blanket to donate to the community.

Learning to create something with their own hands will help them gain confidence, improve hand eye coordination, and give them a chance to gift back by sharing their completed hats, scarves, gloves, blankets with elders and loved ones in our rural Alaskan community.

Students in my school do not have an art elective, and supplies for arts and crafts will help me add to their curriculum to create well rounded students. Arts help students find the beauty in life. Children (and adults) who look for the beauty in their lives will go on to create beauty for others!

Mrs. Cooper Akiak School Grades 6-8

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.

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Akiak, AK 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
Materials Cost Quantity Total
65230-2510: Caron One Pound Acrylic Yarn - 1 lb, 4-Ply, Soft Grey Mix • Blick Art Materials $7.64 5 $38.20
65230-3080: Caron One Pound Acrylic Yarn - 1 lb, 4-Ply, Scarlet • Blick Art Materials $7.64 5 $38.20
65230-1000: Caron One Pound Acrylic Yarn - 1 lb, 4-Ply, White • Blick Art Materials $7.64 5 $38.20
65230-1100: Caron One Pound Acrylic Yarn - 1 lb, 4-Ply, Cream • Blick Art Materials $7.64 5 $38.20
65230-1600: Caron One Pound Acrylic Yarn - 1 lb, 4-Ply, Royalty • Blick Art Materials $7.64 5 $38.20
65230-1610: Caron One Pound Acrylic Yarn - 1 lb, 4-Ply, Lavender Blue • Blick Art Materials $7.64 5 $38.20
65230-2000: Caron One Pound Acrylic Yarn - 1 lb, 4-Ply, Black • Blick Art Materials $7.64 5 $38.20
63120-1008: Bamboo Crochet Hook - Size H-8 • Blick Art Materials $2.34 10 $23.40
63120-1009: Bamboo Crochet Hook - Size I-9 • Blick Art Materials $2.34 10 $23.40
65230-4620: Caron One Pound Acrylic Yarn - 1 lb, 4-Ply, Pumpkin • Blick Art Materials $7.64 3 $22.92
65230-4920: Caron One Pound Acrylic Yarn - 1 lb, 4-Ply, Sunflower • Blick Art Materials $7.64 3 $22.92
65230-3510: Caron One Pound Acrylic Yarn - 1 lb, 4-Ply, Soft Pink • Blick Art Materials $7.64 3 $22.92
65230-3120: Caron One Pound Acrylic Yarn - 1 lb, 4-Ply, Claret • Blick Art Materials $7.64 2 $15.28

Materials cost

$398.24

Vendor shipping charges

 $59.74

Sales tax

 $5.97

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$499.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.22

Total project goal

$588.14

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $588.14

1 Donor

-$294.07

Donations toward project cost

-$249.96

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.11

match offer

-$294.07

Match offer toward project cost

-$249.96

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.11

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