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Ms. Helen from Campbell, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Want to Get Lost in A Book? So Do We!

Help me give my students updated books they will read for years to come!

  • $742 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 Project

Dear Future Donors, there are so many things I can tell you about my students. They ask so many questions about the latest books that came out, the coolest things they are interested in and books I have never even heard of. I am not certified but I can tell we lack a lot of media that they want to read. I see the same books being returned and checked out over and over again. I would love to give them something new to read.

Have you ever wondered where the Bermuda Triangle is or wondered why Walt Disney was told he couldn't work because he had a lack of "imagination?" My students wonder the same things.

They have asked for many new books but with the lack of funding at our school, I can't get any books for them. I've even paid out of pocket to replace books that were so worn out, there was no longer a binding on it, the back was ripped off, there were crayon markings or it's been lost.

I have many new students who are still learning how to read and speak in English so if I can get books in Spanish, they can continue to read and learn how to be Bilingual. I want everyone to have an opportunity to read the books they can and not fear trying to get a book from the public library and questioned about their living status. They can be who they are and read what is readily available to them. Thank you for helping our little school. We do not know where we would be without your help.

Ms. Helen Rosemary Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Campbell, CA View local requests

More than half 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

230 students impacted 9donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Isabel and her Colores Go to School (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
The Family Book • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Bermuda Triangle Book for Kids: where is the bermuda triangle book about Secrets of the bermuda triangle ,Real stories legends and scientific theories • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Do You Know Them?: Families Lost and Found After the Civil War • Amazon Business $18.69 1 $18.69
Saturday at the Food Pantry • Amazon Business $17.21 1 $17.21
Somos guardianes del agua (We Are Water Protectors) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
TBH #1: TBH, This Is So Awkward • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Aarón Soñador, ilustrador / Aaron Slater, Illustrator (Los Preguntones / The Questioneers) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
Abdul's Story • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Areli Es Una Dreamer (Areli Is a Dreamer Spanish Edition): Una Historia Real por Areli Morales, Beneficiaria de DACA • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
The Iheards • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Leap's Day: February 29 • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Aaron Slater, Illustrator: A Picture Book (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $12.97 1 $12.97
The Kindness Book • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Once Upon My Dads' Divorce • Amazon Business $12.53 1 $12.53
Ada Magnífica, científica /Ada Twist, Scientist (Los Preguntones / The Questioneers) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.24 1 $12.24
Mae Among the Stars • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Arthur Blackwood's Scary Stories for Kids who Like Scary Stories: Book 1 • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
El año en que aprendimos a volar (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
I am Walt Disney (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Sofía Valdez, presidenta tal vez / Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (Los Preguntones / The Questioneers) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.35 1 $11.35
Nuestra Clase es una Familia (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
It's Okay to Make Mistakes • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Can Bears Ski? • Amazon Business $10.90 1 $10.90
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Ada Twist, Scientist: A Picture Book (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Where Is the Amazon? • Amazon Business $5.24 2 $10.48
Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers: A Graphic Novel (Cat Kid Comic Club #5): From the Creator of Dog Man • Amazon Business $10.38 1 $10.38
Arthur Blackwood's Scary Stories for Kids who Like Scary Stories: Book 3 • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Arthur Blackwood's Scary Stories for Kids who Like Scary Stories: Book 2 • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
How Are You? / ¿Cómo estás? (Spanish bilingual) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
New Kid: A Newbery Award Winner • Amazon Business $8.58 1 $8.58
Pete the Cat: The Great Leprechaun Chase: Includes 12 St. Patrick's Day Cards, Fold-Out Poster, and Stickers! • Amazon Business $8.09 1 $8.09
TBH #2: TBH, This May Be TMI • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
¡Di algo! (Say Something!) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
TBH #6: TBH, You Know What I Mean • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
Dragones y tacos (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.57 1 $7.57
Julián Is a Mermaid • Amazon Business $7.42 1 $7.42
The Feelings Book / El libro de los sentimientos (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Friendship List #1: 11 Before 12 • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Jabari salta (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.85 1 $6.85
Paletero Man/¡Que Paletero tan Cool!: Bilingual English-Spanish • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964 (I Survived #23) • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Where Is Walt Disney World? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
What Was the Holocaust? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Where Is the Great Wall? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
I Survived the Joplin Tornado, 2011 (I Survived #12) (12) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Where Is Alcatraz? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Where Is the Bermuda Triangle? • Amazon Business $5.27 1 $5.27
I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 (I Survived #8) (8) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74

Materials cost

$542.61

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $49.65

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$630.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$111.25

Total project goal

$741.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $741.65

7 Donors

-$554.15

Donations toward project cost

-$471.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$83.12

Matching donations from our partners

-$187.50

Match offers toward project cost

-$159.38

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.12

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