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Ms. Hillis from Dallas, TX is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Seeds of Change

My students need a composting kit and tools to work in our new school garden.

  • $562 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Imagine eating nothing but foods that come from a box or package. This is a reality for many of the students in my classroom. Not only have they not eaten many types of fruits and vegetables, but they're unable to identify common produce items such as eggplants, sweet potatoes and cantaloupes.

My kids have little to no knowledge of where their food comes from.

In our poverty stricken urban neighborhood, they lack access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Moreover, they are unfamiliar with methods for growing and cooking fresh produce. Our school does it's best to provide students with nutritious meals, but we fall far short of our goal. Even the "healthy" meals contain few, if any, fresh fruits or veggies.

My Project

We need basic supplies and tools like spades, trowels, soil and a composting bin in order for our school garden to commence. I plan to spend a minimum of an hour a day before or after school gardening alongside my students. From composting our leftovers to preparing the soil and harvesting our crops, we will learn about the life cycle of plants as well as the importance of starting a project and seeing it through.

I hope to inspire students to make healthier choices by growing vegetables and fruits they can then consume.

The effort and patience gardening requires will instill a good work ethic and help them become better citizens.

Ms. Hillis W.E. Greiner Explor Arts Academy Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Dallas, TX View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

150 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gardening Tool Set • Carolina Biological Supply Company $166.25 1 $166.25
KIT WORM A WAY (COMPOST KIT) • Frey Scientific $80.96 1 $80.96
GARDEN TOOLS SET/5 • Frey Scientific $16.16 5 $80.80
KIT VEGGIE AND HERB GARDEN JUMBO • Frey Scientific $22.49 1 $22.49
KIT ORGANIC VEGGIES CLASSROOM • Frey Scientific $22.49 1 $22.49
WATERING CAN PLAS 36 OZ • Frey Scientific $7.16 2 $14.32
POTTING SOIL 8 LB • Frey Scientific $3.15 3 $9.45
WORMS RED 1 LB 1 CARD • Frey Scientific $0.00 1 $0.00

Materials cost

$396.76

Vendor shipping charges

 $44.28

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$476.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.17

Total project goal

$561.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $561.16

1 Donor

-$238.49

Donations toward project cost

-$238.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$280.59

Match offer toward project cost

-$238.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.09

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$42.09

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 $0.00

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