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Mr. Bender from San Francisco, CA is requesting a classroom visitor through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Special Olympics Awards Banquet

My students need a celebratory lunch to honor the hard work they put into competing at the Special Olympics Skills Day.

  • $155 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

The students in my class are the hardest-working students in all of San Francisco Unified School District. To a student, they work really hard in every challenge we put before them. At Special Olympics this determination is evident in full glory!

We are a class of 7 severely impaired, non-verbal students and their 7 teachers, with our very own classroom nurse to attend to students medical needs like G-tube feedings and seizure monitoring.

Like their typically developing peers, our students LOVE a challenge, be it classroom pre-academics, during their physical or occupational therapy sessions, or out in the mainstreaming environment or community. Many of the students at our school, more than 70%, receive free or reduced lunch, and we are a school with lots of Newcomers, or students who have been in this country less than 2 years. Our school is a busy, bustling dynamic place with dramatic successes occurring every school day.

My Project

Our students will enjoy lunch with their peers after having competing at the city's big Track and Field Stadium. We will set up a table in our classroom complete with table cloth and food to suit every eating ability level. As students dine, the lead teacher will announce and present awards to all students.

This project makes all the difference in the world by honoring the work students put into competing in the Special Olympics Skills Day.

Students enjoy being the center of attention, as well as the applause and congratulations that comes to all students as they receive their awards in front of teachers, nurses, administrators, therapists, peers from other classrooms, and families.

Mr. Bender
Grades 9-12

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Visitor Total
Clare's Deli (Students will be served lunch during an Awards Banquet to follow competing in Special Olympics Skills Day.) $100.00

Visitor cost

$100.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$131.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$23.21

Total project goal

$154.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $154.71

2 Donors

-$154.71

Donations toward project cost

-$131.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.21

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