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Mr. Buller from Philadelphia, PA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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School Garden Project

Help me give my students the basic tools to grow our community garden!

  • $621 goal

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My Students

My students come from an area where our schools are historically underfunded and lack the appropriate materials and programing to provide optimal learning experiences. Many of our students deal with high levels of precarity in the forms of poverty, traumatic experiences, violence, gun violence, and a variety of other issues. Despite these horrible circumstances, our students show up daily ready to learn and hoping for new experiences that challenge them to grow. Please, join and assist us in improving their overall education by improving their school experience.

My Project

This project will allow our school to provide a robust curriculum that provides collaborative experiences between the community, students, and teachers. By funding this project you will help us provide learning experiences that will focus on how food comes from the farm to our tables, practices of sustainability, health and nutrition lessons, connecting with nature, and connecting the core content areas of health, math & science to real-world experiences.

Within a resource deprived school district, the school garden will allow us to create a multitude of opportunities that will create a greater sense of community while building a lifelong relationship with food and nature.

Students have engaged in a ballot initiative that required students to utilize their voices to advocate for what our garden will be, items we should grow, and other ways we can use the garden within our school community. Students have demanded for a food garden that can be used to create snacks during health classes, create food baskets for community members and people in need, a garden club to help them practice their schools outside of school hours, and develop opportunities for entrepreneurship.

In addition to the demands of students, the school garden will provide opportunities to connect with the other schools in the neighborhood who have school gardens. We are a K-8 school and have other neighborhood schools that have grades K-5. As a K-8 we have students transfer to our school once they complete 5th grade to partake in the middle school programs. Having a chance for students to network with other students from different schools will create a more community oriented transition for students coming from other schools when they enter 6th grade. Our community is excited to grow the garden but we need basic equipment and tools to begin the journey.

Mr. Buller Theodore Roosevelt Elementary 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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Philadelphia, 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

500 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pure Garden 75-08002 8 Piece Garden Tool and Tote Set Repel-pesticides, 7x4.5, b • Amazon Business $17.37 8 $138.96
AMES 2385580 ReelEasy Folding Cart Reel, 175-Foot Hose Capacity • Amazon Business $69.99 1 $69.99
Smart Value Set of 3 Foam Kneeling Pads Perfect for Long Gardening Hours (3 Kneeling Pads Assorted Colors) • Amazon Business $6.99 10 $69.90
Yetene 8 Pairs Kid Gardening Gloves Children Latex Gardening Glove Rubber Coated Palm Gardening Gloves for Garden Work, for Age 9 to 10 • Amazon Business $16.99 4 $67.96
Set of 12 Long Cuff Digz Grip Planter Women's Medium Synthetic Leather Palm All Purpose Work/Garden Gloves - Comfort Fit - (6) 2 Packs • Amazon Business $17.99 3 $53.97
XJYAMUS 4- Pair Pack Kids Gloves, Kids Gardening Gloves Work Gloves for 5-12 Years Old(M, Blue and Pink) • Amazon Business $4.99 10 $49.90
Compost Bin by GEOBIN - 216 Gallon, Expandable, Easy Assembly • Amazon Business $38.99 1 $38.99

Materials cost

$489.67

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$527.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$93.00

Total project goal

$620.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $620.02

3 Donors

-$620.02

Donations toward project cost

-$527.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$93.00

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 $0.00

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