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Ms. Camille from Brooklyn, NY is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Writing For Change!

Help me give my students Flower Pots, Pens, Soil and Markers for our Clean Air Plant Drive!

  • $405 goal

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My Project

This year my students wish to follow in the footsteps of their class role model Mari Copeny. This young activist inspired my students to use their writing to change the world around them after reading her letter to President Barack Obama. In her letter Mari highlighted the challenges her community was experiencing in Flint, Michigan with the lack of clean water. It is from this reading experience my students came up with the idea to help each classroom in our school to have clean air. We researched which plants would best do the job. Then we made a list of all the resources we would need. Finally, we did a shared writing of the letter to our Donors- You!

Dear Donors, we need soil, flower pots, pens and markers for our project.

We want to give every class in our school a plant to help keep the air clean. But... We need your help! Can you kindly donate to our project so we can get all the things we need. We need pens and markers to make posters for the plant drive to ask people to donate plant cuttings. We need pots and soil to plant the cuttings before donating to each class. We appreciate your generosity and hope you can help us make our project a success. Thank you!

Ms. Camille PS 532 New Bridges Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

375 students impacted 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Miracle-Gro Potting Mix, For Container Plants, Flowers, Vegetables, Shrubs, Annuals, Perennials, Feeds up to 6 Months, 16 qt. • Amazon Business $26.39 6 $158.34
Utopia Home - Plant Pots Indoor with Drainage - 7/6.6/6/5.3/4.8 Inches Home Decor Flower Pots for Indoor Planter - Pack of 10 Plastic Planters for Indoor Plants, Cactus, Succulents Pot - Gray • Amazon Business $15.94 4 $63.76
Paper Mate Flair Felt Tip Pens, Medium Point (0.7mm), Black, 12 Count • Amazon Business $10.78 5 $53.90
Sharpie Permanent Markers Chisel Tip Assorted 8/Pack (38250) • Staples $8.21 4 $32.84

Materials cost

$308.84

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$343.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.61

Total project goal

$404.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$404.08

10 Donors

-$387.18

Donations toward project cost

-$332.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.33

match offer

-$12.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$10.62

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.88

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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$0.00

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