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Mrs. Smith from Takotna, AK is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Seating For Success!

Help me give my students a safe place to sit for breakfast, lunch, and school programs with these comfortable an easy to store folding chairs.

  • $564 goal

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My Students

Twenty-three Arctic Native, Hispanic, African American, and Caucasian students live in a very small rural community of 70 people. Most have been residents their entire lives and will likely return to live and work here after college or trade schools.

Families view school as very important because they want their children to be successful when competing for positions in their future careers.

Our isolated school has approximately 23 students whose families must go to the larger cities in the state to shop, or utilize online vendors for their necessities. Often vendors will not ship to us because of our remote location so we have very little variety in our supplies. The natural forest and river environment is our magnificent classroom.

My Project

Our students need comfortable furniture to sit on for meals and community programs. The folding chairs I am requesting will make the students, and adults, more comfortable and allow for them to feel welcome and enable each person to work to their highest levels. Many visitors come to our school during the school year, especially during the Iditarod Sled dog Race. Our school needs furniture that is appealing, inviting, and safe. Our students are currently using outdated, ugly furniture in our commons area.

Currently the chairs we use are very old, very stained, very heavy to carry, and hazardous to anyone who sits in them, as the tips on the backs have come off and cause injuries.

The carpet protectors on the legs have been lost so every time the chairs are moved the carpet gets worn and at times, the threads are torn. Students do not like these, nor do we adults who have to use them for meetings and small group lessons. We have limited storage space for the current chairs, which do not fold, so they have to be stored in an unsafe manner.

Mrs. Smith
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
CHAIR FOLDING NPS 2300 SERIES FABRIC W/ PAD SEAT/BACK SPECIFY SEAT/BACK AND FRAME COLORS • School Specialty $23.77 16 $380.32
OPTION CLASS - NPS 2300 SERIES FABRIC/FRAME COMBO COLORS • School Specialty $0.00 16 $0.00
IMPERIAL BLUE FABRIC/BLUE (04)- NPS • School Specialty $0.00 16 $0.00

Materials cost

$380.32

Vendor shipping charges

 $57.05

Sales tax

 $5.70

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$478.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.49

Total project goal

$563.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $563.26

20 Donors

-$560.79

Donations toward project cost

-$478.77

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$82.02

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.47

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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