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Coach Bluford from Houston, TX is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Wrestling Teaches You Nothing Comes Easily

Help me give my students the opportunity to have the resources in order to go out and compete at the highest level each and every day.

  • $1,013 goal

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Coach Bluford has another project! Donate to Wrestlers and Their Shoes to help their classroom.

$942 - complete this project and be a hero

My Students

We're an urban school. That means that we can estimate how many will enroll for school, but we always know that we'll have strong turnouts for both boys and girls wrestling. With us being an urban school our resources are extremely limited and money is always scarce. We do our absolute best with what we have and the kids NEVER complain about what they don't have. Even with all these limitations, this program has created a healthy escape for our kids here! An outlet our student-athletes can utilize daily to help incorporate small victories into their lives, build lasting relationships and get to be competitive in the process.

My Project

My kids face challenges daily that our wrestling program helps them escape and overcome. Not only has wrestling given these young men and women an outlet, but it has also given them a platform to be successful. Being successful, not only inside the classroom but outside the classroom, is a top priority for my student-athletes. I want the very best for them, and to feel as if they belong, and to be fearless when we go to compete with not only schools in our district, but against other schools not in the inner-city Houston as well.

With your assistance these donations of competition equipment and rehab equipment it will drastically improve our circumstances and allow them to feel more confident so that they may compete at a high level each and every time.

The competition gear helps with us look as one, as if we belong just as every other school does. The Storage helps us preserve what we have not knowing when we'll ever get more equipment, IF EVER.

Coach Bluford North Forest High School Grades 9-12

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

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.

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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

25 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
BSN Multisport Indoor Tabletop Scoreboard • Amazon Business $371.57 1 $371.57
Biofreeze Professional Pain Relief Spray, 4 oz. Aerosol Spray, Colorless, Pack of 3 • Amazon Business $38.31 3 $114.93
Biofreeze Pain Relief Roll-On, 3 oz. Roll-On, Fast Acting, Long Lasting, & Powerful Topical Pain Reliever, Pack of 3 (Packaging May Vary) • Amazon Business $31.42 3 $94.26
Rubbermaid Cleverstore Clear 71 QT Pack of 4 Stackable Large Storage Containers with Durable Latching Clear Lids • Amazon Business $84.99 1 $84.99
Rubbermaid Cleverstore Clear 71 QT Pack of 4 Stackable Large Storage Containers with Durable Latching Clear Lids • Amazon Business $84.99 1 $84.99
Monster Energy Drink, Green, Original, 16 Ounce (Pack of 24) • Amazon Business $33.98 2 $67.96

Materials cost

$818.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.28

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$860.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$151.94

Total project goal

$1,012.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,012.92

1 Donor

-$506.46

Donations toward project cost

-$430.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$75.97

match offer

-$506.46

Match offer toward project cost

-$430.49

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$75.97

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 $0.00

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