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Ms. Rivera Alvez from Bronx, NY is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Life Essentials for My Amazing Fifth Graders!

Help me give my students life essentials lip balm, Clorox Wipes, healthy snacks, and drinks like apple juice, cereal, and more. They also need tissues, hand sanitizer, and wipes for good hygiene.

  • $635 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 Students

I am a 5th-grade teacher in an ICT low-income public school in the Bronx. My class is composed of 55 students in a general education class, with students with IEP and ELL learners. My class is one of the most diverse fifth grades. They come from a community filled with poverty, homelessness, and crime, but they are filled with hope. These children attend a public school in an industrial and commercial community of New York City. The school has a high African-American and Hispanic population. Many of the students have parents who have newly immigrated to the United States from Africa or Mexico.

No students should say, “My stomach hurts.”

Because of this, I realize when my students are distracted. I then ask them, "What's wrong?" I usually hear this from my students once I ask them, “Did you have breakfast?” A lot of them say no. This makes me sad because I don’t want my students to feel hungry or thirsty. This is why I always give them cereal, pretzels, or cookies. I try to provide my students with whatever I can give them. My students do not have many resources, and I try to provide that for them.

My Project

I try to provide my students with whatever I can give them. My students do not have many resources, and I try to provide that for them. This will help my students become focused in class. My students are not focused in the morning because of the lack of food and hygiene. My students' needs are valued by me. They are important and heard. I would like to provide my students with food, incentives, snacks, organic snacks, tissues, and sanitizing hand wipes. My students will be able to have a snack in the morning if you support our project. My students need life essential foods and drinks like Minute Maid Apple Juice, water, trail mix, dried organic fruit, and much more. Kleenex tissue, air fresheners, Windex, and more cleaning supplies are needed, also. I would like to have products that I can provide for my students who desperately need these simple things but lack these resources in their community. I would like to provide my students with food so that they can be motivated to work rather than worry about being hungry.

My students and I will be grateful for your support.

You will be providing my students with an essential they need which is food, in order for them to focus in class. Also, they need products such as lip balm and sanitizing hand wipes to improve hygiene. Please help us complete this project to get life essentials for our classroom.

The items will be essential for students who experience homelessness because it will provide them with food to eat to take home and to eat at school. No student should feel the need of hunger or afraid to ask for things they need. I want to be able to support this positive message in my classroom.

Ms. Rivera Alvez PS 43 Jonas Bronck 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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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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Minute Maid Apple Juice, 10 oz., 24/Carton (00025000056840) • Quill.com $20.39 3 $61.17
Kleenex Trusted Care Facial Tissues, 18 Flat Boxes, 190 Tissues per Box (3,420 Tissues Total) • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99
Chap-Ice Assorted Lip Balm (Pack of 72) • Amazon Business $27.00 1 $27.00
Nestle Pure Life Water, 8 Oz., 24/Carton (11476087) • Quill.com $6.20 4 $24.80
Popchips Potato Chips, Variety Pack, 24 Count (Single Serve 0.8 oz Bags), 4 Flavors: 8 Sea Salt, 8 BBQ, 4 Sour Cream & Onion, 4 Salt & Vinegar • Amazon Business $23.76 1 $23.76
Method All Purpose Cleaner, French Lavender, 28 Ounce (Pack 8) • Amazon Business $23.76 1 $23.76
PURELL Advanced Hand Sanitizer Refreshing Gel for Workplaces, Clean Scent, 2 Liter pump bottle (Pack of 1) – 9625-04-EC • Amazon Business $20.08 1 $20.08
belVita Bites Variety Pack Mini Breakfast Biscuits, 12 Count Box, 12 Ounce (Pack of 4) • Amazon Business $18.96 1 $18.96
Method All-Purpose Natural Surface Cleaner, Pink Grapefruit, 28 Ounce (3 Count) • Amazon Business $18.43 1 $18.43
Enjoy Life Soft Baked Cookies, Soy free, Nut free, Gluten free, Dairy free, Non GMO, Vegan, Variety Pack (Chocolate Chip, Double Chocolate Brownie, Snickerdoodle, Gingerbread Spice), 6 Boxes • Amazon Business $18.05 1 $18.05
Method Dish Soap, Clementine, 18 Ounce (Pack 6) • Amazon Business $17.82 1 $17.82
Grandma's Cookies Variety Pack, 30 Count • Amazon Business $14.98 1 $14.98
Smartfood Popcorn Variety Pack, 40 count • Amazon Business $14.98 1 $14.98
Method Foaming Hand Soap, Sea Minerals, 10 Fl. Oz (Pack of 6) • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
Snyder's of Hanover Pretzels Variety Pack, 4 Flavors, 36 Single-Serve Bags • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
IZZE Bursts Organic Fruit Snacks, 3 Flavor Variety Pack, .8oz Pouches, 18Count • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Febreze Plug In Air Freshener Scented Oil Refill, Gain Original Scent, 3 Count • Amazon Business $12.97 1 $12.97
Febreze Plug in Air Freshener Scented Oil Refill, Mediterranean Lavender, 3 Count • Amazon Business $12.97 1 $12.97
Quaker Chewy Granola Bars and Dipps Variety Pack, 58 Count • Amazon Business $12.50 1 $12.50
Lysol Disinfecting Wipes, Lemon & Lime Blossom, 320ct (4X80ct),Packaging May Vary • Amazon Business $12.47 1 $12.47
Clorox Disinfecting Wipes Value Pack, Crisp Lemon and Fresh Scent - 3 Pack - 75 Each • Amazon Business $10.64 1 $10.64
Pepperidge Farm, Goldfish, Crackers, Classic Mix, 29 oz, Variety Pack, Box, Snack Packs, Pack Of 30 • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Pepperidge Farm, Milano, Cookies, Dark Chocolate, 15 oz., Multi-pack, Tub, 20-count • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
Renuzit Adjustable Air Freshener Gel, After The Rain, 7 Ounces (6 Count) • Amazon Business $7.62 1 $7.62
Glade Automatic Spray Holder and Hawaiian Breeze Refill Starter Kit, Battery-Operated Holder for Automatic Spray Refill, Up to 60 Days of Freshness, 10.2 oz, 1 6.2 oz Refill • Amazon Business $7.44 1 $7.44
Pringles Snack Stacks Potato Crisps Chips, Flavored Variety Pack, Original, Cheddar Cheese, and Sour Cream and Onion, 12.9 oz (18 Cups) • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
Nestle Pure Life Water, 16.9 Oz., 24/Carton (110109) • Quill.com $7.05 1 $7.05
WELCH'S Mixed Fruit Snacks, 0.9 Ounce, 40 Count • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
Mott's Medleys Fruit Snacks, Assorted Fruit Gluten Free Snacks, Family Size, 40 Pouches, 0.8 oz Each • Amazon Business $6.58 1 $6.58
Nabisco Cookies Sweet Treats Variety Pack Cookies - with Oreo, Chips Ahoy, & Golden Oreo - 30 Snack Packs • Amazon Business $6.32 1 $6.32
Febreze Plug In Air Freshener with Warmer & Scented Oil Refill, Gain Original, 0.87 Ounce • Amazon Business $4.94 1 $4.94

Materials cost

$501.76

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$539.29

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$95.17

Total project goal

$634.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $634.46

6 Donors

-$318.00

Donations toward project cost

-$270.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.70

match offer

-$316.46

Match offer toward project cost

-$268.99

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.47

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