You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Ms. Hess from Gretna, VA is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Ms. Hess is requesting

Orff We Go! Orff Instruments for Our Students

Help me give my students Orff instruments. Students imitate, explore, improvise, and create as they grow and develop. My students will have a blast with these glockenspiels, xylophones, and metallophones!

  • $2,066 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Keep the momentum going! Make a donation to Ms. Hess for her next project!

Help Ms. Hess

Keep the momentum going! Make a donation to Ms. Hess for her next project!

My Project

The Orff Schulwerk approach, which is sometimes referred to as the Orff approach, was developed by the German composer Carl Orff and educator Gunild Keetman during the 1920s. The approach was designed to celebrate and leverage the natural imaginative state of children as a way to develop musical skill and intellectual concepts. The Orff approach is different than conventional music education methods because it puts so much creative freedom into the hands of kids. Students experience a myriad of social, physical and intellectual benefits with the Orff approach. Our Elementary currently does not have a full set of Orff instruments.

Benefits of using Orff instruments include, building confidence in children, increasing motor skills, improving social skills and group coordination, promoting creative thinking and problem-solving, improving memory, dexterity and agility, assisting in various physical and cognitive therapies, and promoting an open and nurturing educational environment.

The students will use these instruments in class to enhance imagination, playfulness and experimentation. These instruments will be used by students in all grade levels. I know the students will not only have a blast learning how to play these instruments, but they will also benefit greatly by using these instruments and learning how to perform together in an ensemble.

Ms. Hess Mount Airy Elementary School Grades 3-5

More about Ms. Hess

Gretna, VA 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

125 students impacted 20donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. Hess is requesting.

See our finances

Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lyons 6-piece Orff Instrument Set • Woodwind and Brasswind $1,699.99 1 $1,699.99

Materials cost

$1,699.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$25.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,755.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$309.79

Total project goal

$2,065.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$2,065.28

19 Donors

-$1,399.52

Donations toward project cost

-$1,213.84

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$185.68

match offer

-$637.26

Match offer toward project cost

-$541.67

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$95.59

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$28.53

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"VA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":2,"name":"Elementary School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/orff-we-go-orff-instruments-for-our-stu/8053258/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":125,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Hess","isEquityFocus":false,"proposalHash":"-1379792252","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"schoolCity":"Gretna","teachersOnPage":[5806888],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":true,"proposalId":8053258,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"authorIds":{"5806888":{"owner":"Ms. Hess","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[8053258],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5806888_orig.jpg?crop=2004,2005,x0,y13&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1700491457874","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":21265960,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":5806888,"schoolCounty":"Pittsylvania","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"VA","name":"Virginia"}}