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Using Percussion To Make Music!

My students need percussion instruments; egg shakers, rain forest djembe's, and freestyle djembe's, to learn basic music theory and notation.

  • $607 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

Have you ever taken a music class that had no instruments? I have been asked to build a music program at an inner-city middle school that has no resources. Help us provide instruments for these students to learn to play! With your help, these students will learn to express themselves in a new way!

My students are 6-8 graders living in an economically struggling community in New York.

The neighborhood is widely known as a violent and dangerous one that doesn't offer many positive activities for young teenagers. They love music, especially hip-hop and constantly want to create beats and rhythms. However, they currently don't have any instruments to accomplish this. We have an opportunity to greatly impact these students and their community by starting this performing arts program. Please consider helping.

My Project

By having 12 egg shakers, 4 Rain Forest Djembe's an 2 Freestyle Djembe's, students will learn new ways to express themselves through the performing arts. We will learn music theory and also perform and create original music with these percussion instruments. In a neighborhood and environment where negativity, poverty and violence are at the forefront, this is an opportunity to infuse some life into a rather grim situation. Please consider donating to this cause. You will not be sorry!

These materials will greatly impact the students by providing them the materials and resources they need to learn the content (music) and also create original compositions.

In addition, they will be able to perform with these instruments which will provide the very much needed self-esteem and confidence boosting that many of these students lack. It is also very likely to have a significant, positive impact on the classroom and school culture.

Mr. Phelps Soundview Academy - Cult & Schlrshp Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Mr. Phelps

Bronx, NY View local requests

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Egg Shakers • Woodwind & Brasswind $2.09 12 $25.08
Kid's Percussion Rain Forest Djembe • Woodwind & Brasswind $52.00 4 $208.00
Synergy Freestyle Djembe • Woodwind & Brasswind $119.99 2 $239.98

Materials cost

$473.06

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$515.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.91

Total project goal

$606.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $606.07

13 Donors

-$605.72

Donations toward project cost

-$515.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$90.56

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.35

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 $0.00

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