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Ms. Gerlach from Bertha, MN is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Orff Instruments for Little Musicians!

Help me give my students Orff instruments so they can show their musical growth!

  • 7 donors
  • $1,122 goal

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Ms. Gerlach has another project! Donate to Xylophones for Elementary Music to help her classroom.

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You can complete this project for $143.
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Help Ms. Gerlach

Ms. Gerlach has another project! Donate to Xylophones for Elementary Music to help her classroom.

All donations currently doubled!
You can complete this project for $143.
2X

My Project

My students have been working on playing different instruments alongside singing. But in order to use these instruments effectively we need enough for the students to share them! With these instruments our elementary students can use their music reading skills to play music independently.

My goal is to get a full set of Orff instruments for my students, so they can start to express themselves musically through more way than singing.

These instruments are a great start, and could be quickly added to our rotation of instruments! After all the work my students have put in I want them to have as many opportunities as possible to share what they have learned.

Ms. Gerlach Bertha - Hewitt School Grades PreK-2

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Bertha, MN View local requests

More than half 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 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lyons Metallophone Diatonic Alto • Music & Arts $299.99 1 $299.99
Sonor Orff Deep Bass Chime Bars c-c' Rosewood C, Ks 50P-C • Music & Arts $260.00 1 $260.00
Lyons Metallophone Diatonic Soprano • Music & Arts $224.99 1 $224.99
Lyons Glockenspiel Standard Bar Alto • Music & Arts $124.99 1 $124.99

Materials cost

$909.97

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$953.62

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$168.29

Total project goal

$1,121.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,121.91

5 Donors

-$811.36

Donations toward project cost

-$707.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$103.70

Matching donations from our partners

-$289.36

Match offers toward project cost

-$245.96

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.40

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$21.18

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 $0.00

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