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Ms. Condon from La Mesa, CA is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Vacuum Saves the Day!

Help me give my students a safe, effective, and efficient way to clean out our kilns.

  • $246 goal

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My Project

Many of my student artists work with clay during the year but my Ceramics students work with clay on a daily basis, and they need to use our kilns to transform their brittle clay pieces into solid works of art. Along the way the kilns and kiln room are covered in bits of clay. These pieces tend to gather in the very bottom of the kilns and corners of the room. Both of these places are hard to get at for a thorough cleaning.

Fortunately for us, shop vacs are now made with Hepa filters, and they have cordless options, both of which meet our needs perfectly.

The filter keeps small clay particles out of the air we breathe and the cordless option lets us work without 20 feet of trip-inducing extension cords.

Ms. Condon La Mesa Arts Academy Grades 6-8

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La Mesa, CA View local requests

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

200 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
DEWALT 20V MAX Cordless Wet/Dry Vacuum, Compact Shop Vacuum, Tool Only (DCV581H),Black/ Yellow • Amazon Business $161.55 1 $161.55

Materials cost

$161.55

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $14.78

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$208.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.84

Total project goal

$245.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $245.59

3 Donors

-$243.24

Donations toward project cost

-$208.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.49

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.35

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 $0.00

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