Donors Choose - Have You Done One?

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Specializes in School Nursing; Nursing Education.

Have any of you done a Donor's Choose project? If so, what are some things you asked for?

I am the nurse at an elementary school of 636. We have little tiny PK-3 year olds and several PPCD classes for kids with special needs. Trying to get an oral temp on these populations is next to impossible and I despise the forehead scanner thermometers. So! I did a Donor's Choose project for 5 ear thermometers that way I can leave a few in the portable classrooms too. I also asked for a desktop ice maker so I can stop getting the evil eyes from the cafeteria ladies every morning ?. Y'all - I GOT IT FUNDED IN LESS THAN 24HRS!! I definitely recommend this site if you've got a small budget or have an eye on devices/equipment that could help your school health clinic run more efficiently.

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Specializes in pediatrics, school nursing.

How did you sign up for it? Did you say you were an educator? I wanted to set one up last year, but the application made it seem as if it was only available to educators...

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Specializes in School Nursing, Ambulatory Care, etc..

Same question as K1

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

i have been signed up. I have never done one though. I would love to request a big ticket item like an OAE scanner

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Specializes in School Nursing; Nursing Education.

Honestly, now I'm not sure how I signed up. I must've said I was a health educator or something. We have had several nurses in our district (DISD) that have started and completely funded projects on there. It's a great resource for getting bigger items you'd never have the budget to get. BONUS - they match up to $50 for your first project, so for instance, it only took 6 donors to fund my project because all of their donations were matched.

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Specializes in Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse.

I posted a project to be funded at the beginning of the school year and it just got funded! Yay!

To be honest, I never considered it until our school encouraged us to when they heard that the Gates Foundation would be funding projects. So I put one up - got some matching funds from the Gates (which is great) and then Johnson and Johnson finished it off!

I ordered health related kids books and posters. About $200 worth.

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Specializes in Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse.

Here is a pic of the goodies I got from Donor's Chose!

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Specializes in School Nursing; Nursing Education.

That's awesome!!!!! Way to go!

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