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Mrs. Garra from Trenton, NJ is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Self Expression Through Colorful Art Making

Help me give my students supplies for my art classroom. Markers/Pens and Colored pencils go quickly with the number of students I have per year.

  • $646 goal

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Mrs. Garra has another project! Donate to Clean and Healthy Essentials to help her classroom.

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Help Mrs. Garra

Mrs. Garra has another project! Donate to Clean and Healthy Essentials to help her classroom.

$273 - complete this project and be a hero

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 Project

My students love adding color to their artworks. Not only is it therapeutic and helps them portray emotions but can really make the difference in the overall presentation of their work. I have found them much more excited about projects that involve them getting to make their own creative decisions on which colors to choose and where, then projects that are in just black and white.

Color really breaths life into their artwork and helps catch the eye of anyone seeing my students work in the hallways.

I like having as many options for students as possible for all of my projects, especially those centered around art therapy and allowing my students to express themselves through art. Not only helping my students succeed in my art classroom, but helping their over all mental well being, which increases their performance in all aspects of their education. Thank you for helping bring color (markers and pens) into the lives of my students.

Mrs. Garra Trenton Ninth Grade Academy Grades 9-12

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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Trenton, NJ View local requests

More than half 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 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sharpie Fine Point Color Burst Permanent Markers Set of 24 • School Specialty $22.49 4 $89.96
Sharpie Ultra Fine Point Color Burst Permanent Markers Set of 24 • School Specialty $20.99 4 $83.96
Crayola Washable Marker Classpack, Fine Line, Assorted Colors, Set of 200 • School Specialty $81.97 1 $81.97
Crayola Marker Classpack, Broad Line, Assorted Colors, Set of 256 • School Specialty $74.99 1 $74.99
BIC Cristal Xtra Bold Fashion Ball Pens, 1.6 mm, Assorted Colors, Set of 24 • School Specialty $5.77 12 $69.24
Crayola Watercolor Colored Pencil Class Pack, 12 Assorted Colors, Set of 240 • School Specialty $65.02 1 $65.02

Materials cost

$465.14

Vendor shipping charges

 $46.51

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$548.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.82

Total project goal

$645.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $645.45

3 Donors

-$327.64

Donations toward project cost

-$278.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.00

match offer

-$317.64

Match offer toward project cost

-$269.99

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.65

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.17

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 $0.00

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