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Mr. VanDenBerg from Decatur, AR is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Teaching Entrepreneurship and Financial Literacy With T-Shirts

My students need heat presses and vinyl to start their own school-based enterprise, making customized school spirit items for the community.

  • $782 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students have the odds stacked against them. Over 90% live in poverty and many are learning English as their second language.

Our school is an anomaly when compared to the surrounding schools in the area.

We are a very small rural community on the outskirts of a growing metropolitan area. Despite being a short drive from Fortune 500 companies there is an inaccurate stigma that permeates the student body.

Recently, thanks to a growing population and new businesses in town, the district has overcome financial issues and the threat of consolidation. Our career and technical education classes are ready to empower the students to reach their full potential.

My Project

Starting a school-based enterprise will teach my students how to become entrepreneurs and how to manage money. Being at a small school we don't have access to volume discounts when purchasing things like t-shirts for our school clubs, teams, and organizations. With these supplies the students can create their own!

We will use these materials to create school and town pride apparel for our community.

Running this business will teach the students to manage inventory, process orders, use excellent customer service, and how to turn a profit. These are all skills that they can apply in their future careers or their own future entrepreneurial ventures. The money earned from this business will help to encourage participation in FBLA by relieving the financial burden from the students and their families.

This project will help improve the students financial literacy and show them that anyone can be an entrepreneur with some hard work and dedication.

Mr. VanDenBerg
Grades 9-12
  • Decatur High School
  • Decatur, AR
    • Nearly all 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

    This project will reach 85 students.

    7 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Zeny® Heat Press Pro 6 in 1 Combo Heat Press Machine Digital Multifunction Transfer Sublimation T-Shirt /Mug /Hat /Plate (#01) • Amazon Business $286.99 1 $286.99
F2C 15" x 15" Black Digital Clamshell Heat Press Transfer T-shirt Sublimation Machine (15"x 15" black) • Amazon Business $188.99 1 $188.99
SISER EasyWeed Heat Transfer Vinyl, 12 x 15" 12-Color Starter BUNDLE • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
STEELMASTER Tiered (Cantilever) Cash Box, Gray, 2216194G2 • Amazon Business $25.43 1 $25.43
Firefly Craft Heat Transfer Vinyl For Silhouette And Cricut, 12 Inch by 20 Inch, Black White & Gray 3 Pack • Amazon Business $24.19 1 $24.19
Firefly Craft Heat Transfer Vinyl For Silhouette And Cricut, 12 Inch by 20 Inch, Royal Blue • Amazon Business $10.99 2 $21.98

Materials cost

$577.57

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $47.65

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$663.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$117.16

Total project goal

$781.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $781.04

7 Donors

-$777.51

Donations toward project cost

-$663.88

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$113.63

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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