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Ms. Shammet from Washington, DC is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Washington D.C Takes on Europe!

Help me give my students an amazing travel experience that changes their lives, by providing our boys with carry-on luggage.

  • 7 donors
  • $1,047 goal

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My Project

At our school in Southeast Washington, DC, we have some of the most amazing 7th graders who are excited to travel internationally! For the past 4 years, our young Black and Brown boys have studied the Black Experience globally; and as a part of critical exposure, they are traveling to Europe. They will be following the steps of Fredrick Douglass, our school's character model as he travelled across Europe as a newly freed Black man.

To ensure that we have an amazing travel experience that changes their lives, we want to provide our boys with carry-on luggage.

Most of our boys are from low-income families where travel is not the norm; so they do not have proper luggage. Therefore, we want all of our boys to have uniform luggage for their travel that will make them feel like a jet setters! We simply do not want them to feel embarrassed.

Ms. Shammet Statesmen College Preparatory Academy Boys Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LUGGEX Luggage with Spinner Wheels, Polycarbonate Expandable Hard Shell Suitcase, Carry On 20 Inch, Charcoal Metallic • Amazon Business $79.99 10 $799.90

Materials cost

$799.90

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $47.99

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$889.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$157.04

Total project goal

$1,046.93

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,046.93

1 Donor

-$949.87

Donations toward project cost

-$889.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.98

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$97.06

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