Donations to help in our final project

Hello, my name is Kieran Renfrow. I am enrolled at the University of Houston Gerald D Hines College of Architecture. My partner, Yasmeen Saab, and I are working on our final school project; it requires a physical model prototype at an accurate, lifesize scale. The cost of building materials like lumber for framing, materials for the woven fabric attached to the lumber frame, fees for laser printing, screws, nuts and bolts for assembly, and so on are highly costly - 5,000 minimum, be exact. My partner and I are college students enrolled in school full time, and we also work, but we cannot sustain using our entire paychecks on this 5,000 model on top of our existing bills. Our school does not help pay for any of our projects; it is all out of pocket - professors also expect to see physical models and drawings etc. Any help will be greatly appreciated.