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Ms. Tina Alcain from Kealakekua, HI is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Our Bee-utiful Garden Beds

Help me give my students white picket fences and bee friendly seeds to make our raised beds look beautiful.

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My Students

Many of my students are from low-income families and receive free lunch. Our school is the only high school in our area, and this year 100% of the students will receive free breakfast and lunch for the school year. Sometimes, eating a healthy, well-balanced meal happens only in school for many of them. Being able to grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs for them to take home and share with their families is something we have been wanting to do in class for a long time. We also have livestock to take care of that we use as learning tools in the classroom. Taking the livestock section one step further and harvesting them for food will teach the students even more about self-sustainability.

Sharing the bounty they raise in class with their families will solidify the teachings and experiences they have in class.

They will be able to share with others how they worked and harvested what they grew and raised then turn around and share with their families what we ate.

My Project

Our raised beds need some white picket fences to go around them to keep our bunny rabbit out and also to make it look bee-utiful to all who go into the garden. Having these bee flowers in the raised beds will also help beautify everything with all kinds of colors everywhere. We are currently changing our fencing in our front garden to this white picket fence and it looks so pretty but we need a few more panels to finish up.

Colorful flowers and white picket fences are what every gardeners dreams are made of.

Having a bee-utiful raised bed garden will keep my students wanting to come back to learn more about planting, harvesting, and raising flowers for the bees and butterflies. And no one can resist stopping to smell the flowers. I know we can't!

Ms. Tina Alcain Konawaena High School 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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Kealakekua, HI 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

120 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Zippity Outdoor Products ZP19001 No Dig Madison Vinyl Picket Fence, White, 30" x 56.5" (1 Box, 2 Panels), 1 x Pack of 2 • Amazon Business $55.00 2 $110.00
ELECLAND 22 Pieces Garden Fence with 22 Pieces Fence Insert White Plastic Fence Garden Picket Fence Edgings Lawn Flowerbeds Plant Borders Decorative Garden Yard • Amazon Business $24.88 4 $99.52
Honey Bee Wildflower Pollinator Mix - 65,000+ Seeds Perennial & Annual Flowers - Planting Outdoors to Save The Bees - California Poppy, Primrose, Bergamot & More • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Big Pack - Cosmos USA Mix (8,000+) Flower Seeds By MySeeds.Co (Big Pack - Cosmos Mix) • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Seed Needs, Wild Bee Balm (Monarda fistulosa) Twin Pack of 400 Seeds Each • Amazon Business $8.85 1 $8.85
Purple Coneflower, Over 5300 Echinacea Seeds for Planting, Non-GMO, Heirloom Flower Seeds • Amazon Business $8.27 1 $8.27
Seed Needs, Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) Twin Pack of 500 Seeds Each Non-GMO • Amazon Business $7.85 1 $7.85

Materials cost

$261.39

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $11.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$306.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.14

Total project goal

$360.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $360.95

2 Donors

-$352.13

Donations toward project cost

-$306.81

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.32

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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 $0.00

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