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Ms. Speights from Brooklyn, NY is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Long Live the Laundry

Help me give my students a washing machine and dryer. This will provide them with a chance to acquire real world skills while boosting their confidence with fresh clean clothes.

  • $1,653 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 Students

For two years, I have had the pleasure of teaching a fifth grade class of students with a variety of special needs in the heart of Brooklyn.

My students do not always have the resources to have their clothes washed at home.

Having clean clothes and sheets (in some of our Pre-K classes) is essential in having a productive day. Some of the students in my school are in temporary housing and their parents do not always have the opportunity and/or access to a washer and dryer at home. Having these appliances at school would give them this opportunity.

My Project

This project will help me reach my students and their families both in and far beyond the classroom. Having these appliances in our school will help our community stay fresh and clean and ready to learn.

My students would not be socially stigmatized because they are wearing dirty cloths and smell bad.

They will know they have a support system who understands their unique needs and are willing to assist them.

An in-house washer and dryer unit will ultimately boost my student's confidence. It will also let our families know that they are members of a community that invest in not only academics but to the social emotional and hygienic needs of our students as well.

Ms. Speights
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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Samsung - 4.2 Cu. Ft. 8-Cycle High-Efficiency Front-Loading Washer - White • Best Buy Education $580.35 1 $580.35
Samsung - 7.5 Cu. Ft. 9-Cycle Electric Dryer - White • Best Buy Education $578.91 1 $578.91
Tide HE Laundry Detergent, Original Scent, 150 oz. • Quill.com $25.49 5 $127.45
Bounce Fabric Softener Sheets, Outdoor Fresh Scent, 160 Dryer Sheets/Box (PAG 80168) • Quill.com $6.79 10 $67.90

Materials cost

$1,354.61

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$20.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,404.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$247.93

Total project goal

$1,652.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,652.86

20 Donors

-$826.43

Donations toward project cost

-$702.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$123.96

match offer

-$826.42

Match offer toward project cost

-$702.46

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$123.96

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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 $0.00

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