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Mrs. Nugent from Philadelphia, PA is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Lefties Unite!! Left-Handed Guitars for a Music Classroom!

Help me give my students left-handed guitars to make them feel included in a music classroom and maybe become the next McCartney or Hendrix!

  • $415 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Project

When a student tells you as a music teacher they are left-handed, there are a couple of options you can choose from. The easiest way is to make the left-handed student play the guitar with the right hand just like a flute, trumpet, and many other traditional band instruments players do. However, the majority of the time in a general music classroom, students are not electing to participate in the program. Instead, they are following their daily class schedule. Why should they be forced to do something that is unnatural for them when they did not choose to be there in the first place?

There are many famous musicians that learned how to play guitars left-handed such as Jimi Hendrix.

By limiting this for these students, I could possibly be turning off a student who has the potential to be great! Instead of forcing my students, I would love to give the students the option to have a left-handed guitar in class to use. This project is giving the students the option to choose what they would prefer to play.

Mrs. Nugent Southwark Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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Philadelphia, PA 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

850 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
RST5CM-L Student Series Full-Size Acoustic Classical Guitar • Woodwind and Brasswind $169.99 1 $169.99
RG-624 Left-Handed Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar • Woodwind and Brasswind $99.99 1 $99.99
FA405 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Gig Bag • Woodwind and Brasswind $27.99 1 $27.99
Classical Guitar Gig Bag • Woodwind and Brasswind $19.99 1 $19.99

Materials cost

$317.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$352.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.25

Total project goal

$414.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $414.98

2 Donors

-$232.49

Donations toward project cost

-$197.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.87

match offer

-$182.48

Match offer toward project cost

-$155.11

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.37

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 $0.00

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