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Ms. Castine from Brooklyn, NY is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Pump Up the Bass and Drums!

Help me give my students the opportunity to play excellent quality instruments! This bass guitar and hi-hat will round out our modern band program.

  • $633 goal

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My Project

In music class, students are engaged in making music they like, with instruments that are current and exciting! Using keyboards, guitars, and drums, we create a classroom full of excitement and experimentation.

Having quality instruments available for students lights up their experience of music-making.

Our drum set is missing the hi-hat and cymbals, and many students would like to try playing bass guitar on the choir pieces we perform.

I hope you can see how exciting it would be to add these instruments to our music classroom. Thank you for reading this project!

Ms. Castine PS/IS 104 the Fort Hamilton School Grades 6-8

More about Ms. Castine

Brooklyn, NY 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

500 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ibanez GSRM20 Mikro Short-Scale Bass Guitar Transparent Red Rosewood • Woodwind and Brasswind $199.99 1 $199.99
Yamaha 800 Series Hi-Hat Cymbal Stand • Woodwind and Brasswind $179.99 1 $179.99
Zildjian Planet Z Hi-Hat Cymbals 14 in. Pair • Woodwind and Brasswind $119.95 1 $119.95

Materials cost

$499.93

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$537.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.84

Total project goal

$632.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$632.27

1 Donor

-$565.71

Donations toward project cost

-$537.42

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.29

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$66.55

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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