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Ms. Mellado from Homestead, FL is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Opportunities and Touchdowns! Keeping Cool on the Field

Help me give my students coolers for practice and games for hydration and optimal performance

  • $555 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

Down...Set...Hut! There is nothing like Friday night lights on the high school field. Students, teachers, parents, and the community all together supporting our youth. Poverty, Violent crime, drugs, and economic struggle plague our community. The multitude of obstacles on a daily basis that our students face is unfathomed.More than 85% of my students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

But these obstacles do not stunt the GRIT, personality, and eagerness to WIN!!

High school sports allows these kids the opportunity to stay off the streets and focus on their future. Many of our student ahtletes commit to universities with full ride scholarships for their talents on and off the field. they become scholar athletes instead of statistics.

We strive as teachers and coaches to guide these young athletes and give them all the opportunitires they deserve to better their lives and become amazing adults. After school sports givres students the opportunity for growth, build confidence, demonstrate leadershp qualities, improve academic performance, and overall learn how to overcome and face challenges.

My Project

Keeping hydrated on the field is of upmost importance. Water coolers for our football team are essential for practice and game nights to keep our players from dehydration and for optimal performance on the field. Water coolers are filled everyday for practice and games by our football managers and used by all of our players. These coolers travel with the team at all away and home games. One of our challenges being here is South Florida is the etreme temperatures, and using these coolers to keep our athletes hydrated follows all safety protocols for conditioning, traning, and playing.

Ms. Mellado Somerset Academy High School Soho Grades 9-12

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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Homestead, FL 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

50 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gatorade-49035-13 Water Cooler, 10-Gallon • Amazon Business $108.66 4 $434.64

Materials cost

$434.64

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$471.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.15

Total project goal

$554.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $554.31

1 Donor

-$277.16

Donations toward project cost

-$235.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.57

match offer

-$277.14

Match offer toward project cost

-$235.57

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.57

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 $0.00

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