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Mrs. May from Harrisburg, PA is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Rhythm Sticks Without Splinters

Help me give my students new rhythm sticks that won't give them splinters whenever we play rhythms!

  • $160 goal

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My Project

We use rhythm sticks a lot in the music room at my elementary school! Because of this, and because of constant cleaning during the recent pandemic, our rhythms sticks have been peeling paint and losing skin, making the risk of a splinter more likely with each class.

Students should have rhythm sticks they get to play without fear of getting a splinter!

Putting tape over the cracking parts doesn't fix the problem, because then the sound is affected. New rhythm sticks would be a great way to solve our splinter problem.

Please help me get some new sets of rhythm sticks for our music room for the 2023-2024 school year. I promise you will be helping students avoid playing with sticks that look older than they are (even though they're not). I also promise that very few students received splinters before posting this project. No student should get a splinter, though.

Mrs. May Rutherford Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Harrisburg, PA View local requests

Nearly all 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

400 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Rhythm Stick Activity Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 2 $99.98
Rhythm Sticks Musical Instrument • Kaplan Early Learning Company $3.83 1 $3.83

Materials cost

$103.81

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$135.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$23.89

Total project goal

$159.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $159.26

2 Donors

-$79.63

Donations toward project cost

-$67.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.94

match offer

-$79.62

Match offer toward project cost

-$67.68

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.94

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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 $0.00

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