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Ms. Sands from La Mesa, CA is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Money Can't Buy Happiness, But It Can Buy Chocolate!

Help me give my students chocolate to make ganache and chocolate-filled pastries.

  • $222 goal

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My Project

My students love to bake, and they especially love to bake things that require chocolate or ganache. Preparing pastries that contain chocolate is an intermediate skill because one must be careful not to burn the chocolate when melting it. Learning to temper the chocolate is a skill in itself. Students also learn to process chocolate in other ways such as grating it with a microplane or adding chocolate chips into cookies. Pouring chocolate into molds is another possibility. Students would love more opportunities to bake with chocolate, but the expense of it can be prohibitive.

Ms. Sands La Mesa Arts Academy Grades 6-8

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La Mesa, CA View local requests

More than a third 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ghirardelli Sweet Ground Chocolate and Cocoa | 3 lb. | Baking & Desserts • Amazon Business $21.13 4 $84.52
Wilton Light Cocoa and Bright White Candy Melts Candy Set, Vanilla & Chocolate Candy Melts • Amazon Business $14.59 4 $58.36

Materials cost

$142.88

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $13.07

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$188.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.19

Total project goal

$221.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $221.28

1 Donor

-$99.00

Donations toward project cost

-$94.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.95

match offer

-$110.64

Match offer toward project cost

-$94.04

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.60

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.65

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 $0.00

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