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Mrs. Kormash-Gallagher from Buffalo, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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School Supplies for a Good Start in a New Country

My students need basic school supplies such as glue, scissors, crayons, and more.

  • $306 goal

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My Students

Do you know what it's like to leave your whole world behind? My students have come from all over the world to start a new life in the United States.

My students are refugees from around the world.

They come from 24 different countries and speak 28 different languages. Many of these students have never gone to school. Most of them have never gone to schools like American schools. The one thing they all have in common is that they have come here for a better life and school is where this improvement starts.

My Project

Because my students are refugees they come to school with very little. Often they do not even have the basic school supplies they need for their daily work. I am asking for pencil boxes, scissors, glue, pencils, crayons and other supplies students will need on their first day and every day after. These boxes will be ready for students when they come to school. The first day is already difficult for refugee students. Not having to worry about school supplies will be one simple way to ease some of their anxiety. My students do not understand what most of the school supplies are when they first come to school. Often they do not have the money to purchase these supplies. By making sure these supplies are available and ready for them on the first day, students will feel more secure at school and ready to succeed.

My students are refugees who come to school with very little.

Often they do not even have the basic school supplies they need for them on the first day. With your support, my students will feel more secure at school and ready to succeed.

Mrs. Kormash-Gallagher PS 95 Waterfront Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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Buffalo, NY 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

60 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mead Spiral Bound Notebook 8-1/2x11" College Ruling, Perforated, White, 100 Sheets/Pad, Punched • Quill.com $1.69 30 $50.70
Easy-Carry Pencil Box • Nasco $1.60 30 $48.00
Dixon Oriole Pre-sharpened Pencils, #2 Soft, Dozen • Quill.com $2.29 15 $34.35
Crayola Wax Crayons - Tuck Box of 8 • Nasco $0.70 30 $21.00
Quill Brand 2-Pocket Folders without Fasteners Assorted • Quill.com $10.19 2 $20.38
Fiskars School Works Safety Point Scissors - 7 Student Scissors • Nasco $0.96 20 $19.20
Elmer's Glue Sticks All-Purpose, 30/Pack • Quill.com $16.57 1 $16.57
Dixon-Ticonderoga Pencil Cap Eraser, 144/Pack (34500) • Quill.com $7.64 1 $7.64

Materials cost

$217.84

Vendor shipping charges

 $8.82

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.27

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$259.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.87

Total project goal

$305.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $305.80

2 Donors

-$152.89

Donations toward project cost

-$129.96

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.93

match offer

-$152.91

Match offer toward project cost

-$129.97

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.94

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 $0.00

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