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Ms. Du from Brooklyn, NY is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Making Art in Uncertain Times

Help me give my students water color pencils, brushes, zippered bags, and other quality art supplies to start the school year with creative abundance and artistic possibilities. While we don't know what September will look like, personal art supply kits will allow students to create art!

  • $6,190 goal

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My Students

Middle School is hard enough as it is. My students are at a critical age in their development and growth as young people in a densely populated, quickly changing community disproportionately affected by the global pandemic. Several students have lost immediate and extended family members to COVID-19. Over 80% of my students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch and over 15% are in temporary housing which is 10% higher than the city average. While my students continue to overcome many hardships in their daily life, they express themselves through art and create building blocks for expansive, bright futures.

My students are brilliantly intelligent, creative problem solvers, and forward thinkers.

Throughout the year, my students create personally reflective artwork about their lives with zines and comics. They design posters and t-shirts for Black Lives Matter, and respond to other ongoing movements for environmental and social justice. My students find comfort and joy during times of stress and anxiety through drawing and painting.

My Project

Starting the school year with a set of quality art supplies will give my students opportunity to jump right into creating and experimenting in September regardless of whether the school is entirely remote or partially in-person. Having a personal art kit will give all my students the same access no matter of their family's financial status or capability of sourcing their own supplies during this pandemic.

Donating to this project will support all of my young artists in having new art supplies to confidently communicate their personal experiences and understandings of themselves.

Ms. Du Middle School 35 Stephen Decatur Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

More about Ms. Du

Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters of 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

200 students impacted 85donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
20522-0009 - Crayola Watercolor Pencil Set - Assorted Colors, Set of 24 • Blick Art Materials $5.54 200 $1,108.00
00336-1029 - Yarka Semi Moist Watercolor Pans - Assorted Colors, Set of 8 • Blick Art Materials $4.08 200 $816.00
16974-2013 - Blick Mesh Zipper Bag - 13" x 10" • Blick Art Materials $3.75 200 $750.00
22784-1055 - Bienfang Mixed Media Pad - 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", 90 lb, 40 Sheets • Blick Art Materials $3.10 200 $620.00
20421-1019 - Generals Kimberly Drawing Pencil - Drawing Kit, Set of 4 Pencils • Blick Art Materials $2.93 200 $586.00
58477-1005 - Westcott Soft Handle Scissors Teacher Pack - Set of 12, Assorted Colors, Blunt Tip • Blick Art Materials $19.12 18 $344.16
24126-1012 - Masking Tape - 1/2" x 60 yds • Blick Art Materials $1.33 200 $266.00
21431-1001 - Maped Canister Pencil Sharpener - Single Hole • Blick Art Materials $1.30 200 $260.00
23810-1001 - Elmers Glue Stick - All Purpose Washable Clear Glue Sticks, Pkg of 30 • Blick Art Materials $34.18 7 $239.26
05891-1099 - Royal Langnickel Clear Choice Brush Set - White Taklon, Round, Set of 60, Long Handle • Blick Art Materials $41.19 4 $164.76

Materials cost

$5,154.18

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$77.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$5,261.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$928.50

Total project goal

$6,189.99

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$6,189.99

57 Donors

-$5,761.05

Donations toward project cost

-$4,921.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$839.56

Matching donations from our partners

-$400.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$340.00

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$28.94

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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