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Ms. McKinley from Des Moines IA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Helping Our Community Stay Warm

Help me give my students the tools, materials, skills, and education to help create hats, bags, and blankets for members of our community.

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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

My students follow our school roar and are always looking for way to give back to their community. With our sewing and crochet club we want to empower students to give back and find ways to solve problems within their community.

With this club we plan to educate students about the importance of giving back to the community and brainstorming ways that they can make a difference with the power of creation and innovation.

Students will donate the items that they make with the sewing machine to families in the community that need it most. Some of those families will include students from our our school.

Students want to make it known that no one should be without essential materials such as blankets, hats, and bags. Students see the problem of poverty in the community that we learn and live in. The students want to ensure that others see what they are doing to give back to the community and make an impact themselves.

The sewing machine and materials will help students create items that they can donate to members of the community and make it known that are school cares about the community.

Our students truly live our our school roar..

"What we say and how we say it"

"What we do and how we do it"

"For the betterment of our community"

Ms. McKinley
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Brother ST150HDH Sewing Machine, Strong & Tough, 50 Built-in Stitches, LCD Display, 9 Included Feet • Amazon Business $299.99 1 $299.99
Sewing Kit Set,Wooden Sewing Kit Box,Sewing Supplies for Beginner Traveler and Emergency Clothing Fixes,DIY Crafts Accessories with Thread, Scissors, Needles, Tape Measure and Other Accessories • Amazon Business $22.49 1 $22.49
72Pcs 36 Colors Prewound Bobbins and Thread Spools for Hand & Machine Sewing, Emergency and Travel, DIY and Home, 36 Colors 400 Yards per Polyester Thread Spools • Amazon Business $17.96 1 $17.96
ilauke 50Pcs Bobbins Sewing Thread with Case, SizeA Class15 Prewound Sewing Bobbins for Sewing Machine, 50Colors Polyester Sewing Threads Compatible for Brother/Singer/Babylock/Janome Machine • Amazon Business $12.50 1 $12.50
Euro-Notions Universal Machine Needles • Amazon Business $9.15 1 $9.15

Materials cost

$362.09

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $24.80

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$422.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.53

Total project goal

$496.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $496.85

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 $496.85

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