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Mrs. Thomas from Youngstown, OH is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sharpening Up on Writing Skills

Help me give my students pencils, erasers, and sharpeners to be used for writing purpoes.

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My Project

Since our school district is considered a free and reduced lunch school, many of our students barely come to school with the needed school supplies. At this point in the school year, many need freshened supplies, including teachers! We have been working now for about a month without a sharpener. I have gone through three sharpeners and my husband has fixed two.

Since we do a lot of writing assignments in second grade, my students are using the sharpener often as well as I do allow them to take some pencils home to refurbish their home supplies to get homework done.

Due to this not only are my sharpeners broken at this point in the school year but I also am running out of pencils. I have been purchasing my own for a while now and will continue to do so but if I can also get some donated this would allow me to take a break in my individual purchases for a bit of time or have enough again for students who need supplies at home too. I don't want my students to not have pencils in school or at home so I make it possible for them to have the supplies to get assignments done.

Before Christmas break I saw homework completed in marker and the student told me they didn't have a pencil at home. These stories happen more than you would think and this child still continued to get the work done. If I had a larger supply to offer then these stories may not occur so often. Now that my supply is running low, there are fewer opportunities to take them home, which I hate happening.

Mrs. Thomas Blott Guy Pre-Kindergarten - 6 Grades PreK-2

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Youngstown, OH View local requests 24 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LACCHOUFEE 1000 Pack #2 Pencils Bulk Pre-sharpened Pencils with Eraser top, 2 HB Pencil for Writhing Drawing, Yellow Wood-Cased Pencils in Bulk for Office, School, Teacher and Classroom Supplies • Amazon Business $67.99 1 $67.99
X-ACTO Mighty Mite Electric Pencil Sharpener, Black/Silver (19501/19501X) • Quill.com $20.16 2 $40.32
School Smart Pencil Cap Erasers, Chisel, Assorted Colors, Pack of 100 • School Specialty $5.99 2 $11.98

Materials cost

$120.29

Vendor shipping charges

 $1.20

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$153.29

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.05

Total project goal

$180.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $180.34

1 Donor

-$153.29

Donations toward project cost

-$153.29

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$27.05

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 $0.00

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