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Mrs. Henderson from Irvine, CA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Promoting Efficiency and Organization in Culinary Arts

Help me give my students 2 kitchen island carts, collapsible dish pans, non-stick cake pans, and more items for our culinary class.

  • $801 goal

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My Project

We have been struggling with the limited time each day for our cooking labs in culinary arts. To maximize efficiency and organization and help students to feel better and perform well, we need to improve our storage and accessibility to our daily supplies as well as making the cleaning and cooking process easier. With only 3 minute passing periods, it's very difficult to have all the supplies set up each day. The island carts will help so that all the daily ingredients and other supplies have a place to go for every class period since each class prepares different recipes. This would promote efficiency and clear up workspaces.

Additionally, students are learning to adapt recipes since we don't have all the proper utensils or bakeware for baking or cooking.

Since our periods are short each day, we often have to split recipes over multiple days and do not have enough equipment for those purposes. The requests from this project will help us to work smarter not harder. We also have a wide range of students from GATE, at-risk, special needs, and more who are learning valuable life skills that can be greatly supported in this project. Thanks for your support!

Mrs. Henderson Sierra Vista Middle School Grades 6-8

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Irvine, CA View local requests 250 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
VEVOR Kitchen Island Cart with Solid Wood Top, 45.3" Width Mobile Carts with Storage Cabinet, Rolling Table with Spice Rack, Towel Rack, Drop Leaf and Drawer, Portable Islands on Wheels, White • Amazon Business $201.86 1 $201.86
VEVOR Kitchen Island Cart with Solid Wood Top, 35.4" Width Mobile Carts with Storage Cabinet, Rolling Kitchen Table with Spice Rack, Towel Rack, and Drawer, Portable Islands on Wheels, White • Amazon Business $169.51 1 $169.51
SAMMART 10L (2.64 Gallon) Collapsible Dishpan with Draining Plug - Foldable Washing Basin - Portable Dish Washing Tub - Space Saving Kitchen Storage Tray (2, White/Grey) • Amazon Business $23.99 3 $71.97
Wilton Advance Select Premium Non-Stick Square Cake Pan, 9 x 9-Inch, Steel, Silver • Amazon Business $7.97 8 $63.76
Mr. Coffee Claredale 1.7 Qt Whistling Tea Kettle, Red • Quill.com $18.99 1 $18.99
Utopia Towels Plaid Check Dish Towels, 15 x 25 Inches, 100% Ring Spun Cotton Super Absorbent Linen Kitchen Towels, Soft Reusable Cleaning Bar and Tea Towels Set (12 Pack, Grey, White) • Amazon Business $12.14 1 $12.14
Spring Chef Dough Blender, Top Professional Pastry Cutter, Heavy Duty Baking Tool with Stainless Steel Blades, Large Size, Sapphire • Amazon Business $9.97 1 $9.97
Spring Chef Dough Blender, Top Professional Pastry Cutter, Heavy Duty Baking Tool with Stainless Steel Blades, Large Size, Aqua Sky • Amazon Business $9.97 1 $9.97
Spring Chef Dough Blender, Top Professional Pastry Cutter, Heavy Duty Baking Tool with Stainless Steel Blades, Large Size, White • Amazon Business $9.97 1 $9.97
Spring Chef Dough Blender, Top Professional Pastry Cutter, Heavy Duty Baking Tool with Stainless Steel Blades, Large Size, Gray • Amazon Business $9.97 1 $9.97
Spring Chef Dough Blender, Top Professional Pastry Cutter, Heavy Duty Baking Tool with Stainless Steel Blades, Large Size, Red • Amazon Business $9.97 1 $9.97

Materials cost

$588.08

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$53.81

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$680.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$120.13

Total project goal

$800.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$800.84

10 Donors

-$603.82

Donations toward project cost

-$524.32

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$79.50

match offer

-$184.01

Match offer toward project cost

-$156.41

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.60

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.03

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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