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Mrs. Edwards from Williston, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Promoting Peace

Help me give my students books that promote peace, equity, justice, and mercy.

  • $169 goal

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My Students

Despite the fact that my students attend a multi-decades old school in a rural area, they come every day awaiting a new adventure. They are full of energy, love, and a desire to succeed, but need assistance to accomplish this.

My students deserve access to reading materials that promote peace.

They need your support. Being a part of a rural, high-poverty community should not mean my students are denied access to positive character reading materials that their peers in other areas receive. They deserve my best every day. They deserve new books. They deserve a safe place to grow, a safe place to learn, and access to books that support learning.

My Project

As my students prepare to return to the classroom five days a week, I want to have relevant, positive message books available in my classroom. During these months away from school, most of my students have had no counseling support services, no character education, and no "go-to" adults outside of family members.

Just Mercy and similar justice and equality books are excellent teaching tools.

They can provide students individual encouragement, can be used to promote character education discussions, and can empower students to make positive changes within our school and community. New York Times Book Reviewer, Ted Conover confirms this is his statement regarding "Just Mercy": "The message of this book . . . is that evil can be overcome, a difference can be made.". I want to help my students make this change.

Mrs. Edwards Williston-Elko Middle School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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Williston, SC 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (PB) • MahoganyBooks $15.30 1 $15.30
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood • MahoganyBooks $15.30 1 $15.30
Something to Say • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
This is Your Time • MahoganyBooks $14.39 1 $14.39
New Kid • MahoganyBooks $11.69 1 $11.69
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice • MahoganyBooks $9.89 1 $9.89
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
One Crazy Summer • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19
Patina (Track #2) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$104.33

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $7.36

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$143.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.28

Total project goal

$168.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $168.53

1 Donor

-$84.26

Donations toward project cost

-$71.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.64

match offer

-$84.27

Match offer toward project cost

-$71.63

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.64

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 $0.00

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