The Fort Dodge Community Schools Foundation voted recently to grant more than $27,000 to the Fort Dodge Community School District for music instruments, sensory room equipment, an outdoor classroom, elementary math and more.

“Our generous donors allowed the Foundation to fund some amazing things for classrooms, and we are all excited to see them implemented in our schools,” said FDCS Foundation Board President Andrea DeJong.

The mission of the FDCS Foundation is to help students and educators go above and beyond what district funding allows with grants for professional development, technology and other educational items. The FDCS Foundation annual fundraiser, “Go Big, Go Dodgers” will be held April 5 at Fort Frenzy.

The Board voted to fund:

• $6,700 for the Riverside Early Learning Center Outdoor Naturescape Classroom.

• $4,000 for Fort Dodge Senior High Industrial Technology Program metal shop tools.

• $4,000 for magnetic easels for each classroom at Feelhaver Elementary.

• $3,000 for MakerSpace equipment for elementary libraries.

• $3,200 for math resources kits for all first-grade classrooms.

• $2,000 for a Middle School Sensory Room.

• $1,600 for a Mimeo Projector for a Cooper Elementary third-grade classroom.

• $1,000 for a Literacy for Families Program at Butler Elementary.

• $700 for middle school music instruments.

• $700 for FDSH whiteboard walls.

• $600 for middle school headphones.