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Ms. AIKENS from Houston, TX is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Laminating Machine for Our School

Help me give my students protected learning supplies. Students learn a lot by touching materials. If we are able to laminate materials they last a lot longer because of the number of students that handle items. Laminating helps.

  • $2,758 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

Teacher purchase a lot of materials to help with students learning and engagement. Due to the number of times an item may be touched by a student they wear very quickly. This means teachers have to make more copies or students are left without materials needed to be successful.

With a large laminator all teachers will be able to not only preserve student personal materials but posters and anchor charts needed to teach content items.

This would free up time for teachers and allow more time for teacher engagement with students.

Thank you in advance for helping teacher make dreams come true.

Ms. AIKENS
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
GBC Ultima 65 Thermal Roll Laminator, 27" Maximum Width, 10 Minute Warm-Up, School Lamination, Gray (1710740), 14" x 35" x 21" • Amazon Business $1,828.59 1 $1,828.59
MyBinding - Professional Grade Laminating Workstation- for Schools, Offices, Hospitals - 42” x 26” x 29.5” - • Amazon Business $309.99 1 $309.99
GBC Thermal Laminating Film Roll, 2 Pack, NAP I, 1" Poly-In Core, 1.5 Mil Laminate Rolls, 27" x 500', School Lamination (3126061) • Amazon Business $70.74 2 $141.48

Materials cost

$2,280.06

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$34.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,344.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$413.69

Total project goal

$2,757.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$2,757.95

2 Donors

-$784.42

Donations toward project cost

-$781.42

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.00

match offer

-$1,838.64

Match offer toward project cost

-$1,562.84

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$275.80

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$134.90

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$0.00

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