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Ms. Ornelas from Gardena, CA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Little Hands Can Be Independent and Creative!

Help me give my students a paper storage organizer so they can have quick access to paper.

  • $211 goal

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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 Project

Hello wonderful donors. I currently teach kindergarten in a dual language classroom. My students love to learn by exploring, playing, and quite simply by being creative.

This time, I want to start the year by creating an environment that's neat and organized.

It is for this reason that I am requesting a small paper storage. This storage unit would be of tremendous benefit to my students, as it will give them easy access to, writing paper, drawing paper, and craft paper. Right now our regular paper and craft paper is in plastic baskets but the paper just gets mixed up. With that in mind, I would like my students to have this paper organizer.

We like to work on arts and crafts but when I tell my students to get an extra paper, they waste a lot of time looking through all the papers. We hope to count on your support because I know that having this paper storage will definitely come in handy! Thank you all for taking the time to read about our project and for giving us your support.

Ms. Ornelas 135th Street Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Gardena, CA 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

24 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Paper Storage Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.00 1 $129.00

Materials cost

$129.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.45

Sales tax

 $11.80

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$179.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$31.62

Total project goal

$210.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $210.81

5 Donors

-$143.75

Donations toward project cost

-$130.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.01

Matching donations from our partners

-$57.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$48.45

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.55

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.06

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 $0.00

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