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Mrs. Gamboa from Brownsville TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Gift of Books

Help me give my students the Polar Express 30th Anniversary Edition book to read this Christmas.

  • $346 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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 enjoy reading books, making connections, and using their prior knowledge while reading. The Polar Express book is a wonderful book to begin our holiday season and to reinforce reading skills already introduced. This book will be read aloud and discussed with my students. Then, we will be working on several activities with the Polar Express book during the last week of school before our winter break.

The Polar Express book will be a fun keepsake for my students to treasure.

This book will not only be a fun keepsake, but will continue fostering my students' love for reading and help them continue to enjoy independent reading.

Mrs. Gamboa
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Polar Express 30th Anniversary Edition: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids • Amazon Business $12.98 20 $259.60

Materials cost

$259.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$293.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.79

Total project goal

$345.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $345.28

3 Donors

-$170.00

Donations toward project cost

-$149.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.00

match offer

-$169.99

Match offer toward project cost

-$144.49

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.29

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 $0.00

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