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Mr. De Nolf from Oklahoma City, OK is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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These Are Not Ballet Shoes

My students need wrestling shoes in our school colors so that we can be uniformed and be used for competing in the sport of wrestling.

  • $599 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

As a Sped- teacher and Coach at a Title I school, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, they come to school each and every day to succed in the classroom and in the sport of wrestling.

To eliminate the challenge of having to pay for equipment our school tries to provide every student with a pair of shoes for the sport of wrestling.

By providing each child wrestling shoes to compete in provides them a sense of pride and team unity.

My Project

By providing our students with Asics wrestling shoes will give our wrestlers a quality brand of shoe to help them to compete in the sport of wrestling. This also helps to keep my students engaged and apart of an extra curriculum activity.

We get the shoes in school colors so that we can provide shoes for our students for years to come.

It also helps to build the students' confidence because it eliminates the fear that they do not have the proper type of wrestling shoes.

Finally it elevates the stress and burden of the student having to obtain wrestling shoes to compete in the sport of wrestling.

Mr. De Nolf Taft Middle School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Mr. De Nolf

Oklahoma City, OK View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

20 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
ASICS Men''s JB Elite V2.0 Wrestling Shoes (10.5) • DICK'S Sporting Goods $79.99 5 $399.95

Materials cost

$399.95

Vendor shipping charges

$40.00

Sales tax

$32.60

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$508.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.74

Total project goal

$598.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$598.29

3 Donors

-$598.29

Donations toward project cost

-$508.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$89.74

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$0.00

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