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Mrs. Westbrook from Sacramento, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We're Going Green: A Recycling and Composting Center!

My students need gloves, a utility cart, a worm kit, and other supplies to start a composting and recycling center.

  • $663 goal

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My Students

Anne Frank said, "Isn't it wonderful that one need not wait a single moment to start improving the world?" My students need supplies to start making our school a more sustainable part of the community. We want to add worm composting to our garden and start recycling our paper waste.

Our elementary school is a Title I school in the center of Sacramento and amidst several apartment buildings.

Our students want to help make the school a hub of the community, and I think that starting a recycling center across grade levels and composting for a garden that we are starting to beautify the school grounds will help give students a sense of accomplishment and belonging. This will, in turn, cut down on some of the anti-social behaviors present on our school grounds. With our school's economic demographics, students often don't see a garden grow during these formative years. With recycling paper, bottles and cans, students can feel connected to the community and the Earth. Empathy and belonging is sorely needed by the kids at our school. If we have success, we would love to go to other schools in our district and share our learning experiences with them, too.

My Project

The resources I requested include an overview learning module regarding the disposal of trash, a worm composting bin to go out by our garden, and hand gloves and a cart to collect recyclables from classrooms. We plan to work with our county's waste management department to deliver all recyclables: paper, cardboard, bottles, cans and, if possible, composting scraps from our cafeteria.

Our program is important because our district on the whole sends so much paper to landfills.

We need to start small and hopefully will branch out to other schools in the district. Our students could really use a project to build both pride in their community and a sense of accomplishment. I believe with this pride and through working together, some of our students' more anti-social behaviors may decrease as students find a sense of belonging.

Mrs. Westbrook American Lakes School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Sacramento, 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

500 students impacted 16donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
SYNTHETIC EXAM GLOVE POWDER-FREE VINYL LARGE 100/BX • Frey Scientific, Inc. $10.75 5 $53.75
UTILITY CART METAL GRAY SERVICE 5'' CASTERS 32HX28WX20D • Frey Scientific, Inc. $131.35 1 $131.35
WHAT HAPPENS TO TRASH and GARBAGE LAB • Frey Scientific, Inc. $74.65 1 $74.65
DVD THE COST OF COOL 27 MIN • Frey Scientific, Inc. $85.45 1 $85.45
KIT WORM A WAY (COMPOST KIT) • Frey Scientific, Inc. $85.45 1 $85.45

Materials cost

$430.65

Vendor shipping charges

 $51.68

Sales tax

 $39.40

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$563.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.39

Total project goal

$662.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $662.58

12 Donors

-$656.58

Donations toward project cost

-$563.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$93.39

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.00

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 $0.00

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