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Mr. Andersen from Brooklyn, NY is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Stretching for Victory

Help me give my students stretching bands to make the most of our training sessions to become better runners!

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My Project

Our students represent a wonderful slice of Brooklyn's diversity. Our middle school students form a community that celebrates a wide range of experiences, backgrounds, and learning styles. One way our student body comes together outside the classroom is through sports. The track team provides a rewarding athletic experience for all runners . Students work together to build personal fitness, develop friendships, and compete as a team in cross country and track meets across the city. Middle school is a critical time of personal development for all students. Our runners get a valuable opportunity to make make friends, challenge themselves, and grow in important ways that will set them up for success in the future.

We hold track practice for the entire school year, even through the winter months, so that students can stay engaged and continue to make progress toward their individual and team goals.

We don't have access to an indoor track, so we make the most of whatever space we can find in our school, whether it's the gym, a hallway, or a set of stairs.

This year we want to improve our indoor sessions by adding more rigorous--and more fun--conditioning sessions, including flexibility training. We know the work we put in over the winter will make us faster once we hit the track in the spring and these stretching bands will help make the indoor workouts more engaging and rewarding.

Providing stretching bands for the full team will make our practices more effective and more equitable while building team spirit. We all put in the work through the tough winter months to reach our goals in the spring.

Please donate to help us supply these stretching bands so our team can work together to get the most out of their winter training.

Mr. Andersen Middle School 442 - Carroll Gardens Innovat Grades 6-8

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More than a third 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

50 students impacted 8donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Trideer Stretching Strap Yoga Strap Physical Therapy for Home Workout, Exercise, Pilates and Gymnastics, 10 Loops Non-Elastic Stretch Bands with Aesthetic Packaging for Women & Men • Amazon Business $5.99 40 $239.60

Materials cost

$239.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$273.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.21

Total project goal

$321.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $321.40

6 Donors

-$228.58

Donations toward project cost

-$197.29

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.29

match offer

-$89.29

Match offer toward project cost

-$75.90

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.39

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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