diff --git a/app/config/db.config.js b/app/config/db.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f33f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/config/db.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+const Sequelize = require('sequelize'),
+    DonorsModel = require('../models/donors.model.js'),
+    CampaignsModel = require('../models/campaigns.model.js');
+    
+
+const host = 'am1shyeyqbxzy8gc.cbetxkdyhwsb.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com',
+    username = 'fyro63k2989tyibh',
+    password = 'ykjkyenyvxig208z',
+    port = '3306',
+    database = 'n0j9gxnf4ijr7g8t';
+
+const sequelize = new Sequelize(
+    database, 
+    username, 
+    password, 
+    {
+        host: host,
+        dialect: 'mysql',
+        operatorsAliases: false,
+
+        // research for pool/connections
+        pool: {
+            max: 5,
+            min: 0,
+            acquire: 30000,
+            idle: 10000
+        }
+    }
+);
+
+const db = {};
+
+//creating tables/models from imported function
+const Donors = DonorsModel(sequelize, Sequelize);
+const Campaigns = CampaignsModel(sequelize, Sequelize);
+db.donors = Donors;
+db.campaigns = Campaigns;
+
+db.Sequelize = Sequelize;
+db.sequelize = sequelize;
+
+module.exports = db;
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diff --git a/app/controllers/donors.controller.js b/app/controllers/donors.controller.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d0dd91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/donors.controller.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+const db = require('../config/db.config.js');
+const Donors = db.donors;
+ 
+// Post a Donor
+exports.create = (req, res) => {	
+	// Save to MySQL database
+	Donors.create({  
+        first_name: req.body.first_name,
+        middle_name: req.body.middle_name,
+        last_name: req.body.last_name,
+        email: req.body.email,
+        age: req.body.age,
+        phone: req.body.phone,
+        address: req.body.address,
+        city: req.body.city,
+        state: req.body.state,
+        country: req.body.country
+	}).then(donor => {		
+		// Send created donor to client
+		res.send(donor);
+	});
+};
+ 
+// FETCH all Donors
+exports.findAll = (req, res) => {
+	Donors.findAll().then(donors => {
+	  // Send all donors to Client
+	  res.send(donors);
+	});
+};
+ 
+// Find a Donor by Id
+exports.findById = (req, res) => {	
+	Donors.findById(req.params.donor_id).then(donor => {
+		res.send(donor);
+	})
+};
+ 
+// Delete a Donor by Id
+exports.delete = (req, res) => {
+	const id = req.params.donor_id;
+	Donors.destroy({
+	  where: { id: id }
+	}).then(() => {
+	  res.status(200).send('deleted successfully a donor with id = ' + id);
+	});
+};
+
+
+// // Update a Donor
+// exports.update = (req, res) => {
+// 	const id = req.params.donor_id;
+// 	Donors.update( { firstname: req.body.firstname, lastname: req.body.lastname, age: req.body.age }, 
+// 					 { where: {id: req.params.donorId} }
+// 				   ).then(() => {
+// 					 res.status(200).send("updated successfully a donor with id = " + id);
+// 				   });
+// };
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diff --git a/app/models/campaigns.model.js b/app/models/campaigns.model.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf55878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/campaigns.model.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+module.exports = (sequelize, DataTypes) => {
+    const Campaigns = sequelize.define('campaigns', {
+            id: {
+                type: DataTypes.INTEGER,
+                primaryKey: true,
+                autoIncrement: true
+            },
+            first_name: DataTypes.STRING,
+            middle_name: DataTypes.STRING,
+            last_name: DataTypes.STRING,
+            email: DataTypes.STRING,
+            phone: DataTypes.STRING,
+            address: DataTypes.STRING,
+            city: DataTypes.STRING,
+            state: DataTypes.STRING,
+            country: DataTypes.STRING,
+        },
+        {
+        freezeTableName: true,
+        }
+    );
+    return Campaigns;
+}
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diff --git a/app/models/donors.model.js b/app/models/donors.model.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adebd74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/donors.model.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+module.exports = (sequelize, DataTypes) => {
+    const Donors = sequelize.define('donors', {
+            id: {
+                type: DataTypes.INTEGER,
+                primaryKey: true,
+                autoIncrement: true
+            },
+            first_name: DataTypes.STRING,
+            middle_name: DataTypes.STRING,
+            last_name: DataTypes.STRING,
+            email: DataTypes.STRING,
+            age: DataTypes.INTEGER,
+            phone: DataTypes.INTEGER,
+            address: DataTypes.STRING,
+            city: DataTypes.STRING,
+            state: DataTypes.STRING,
+            country: DataTypes.STRING
+        },
+        {
+        freezeTableName: true,
+        }
+    );
+    return Donors;
+}
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diff --git a/app/routes/donors.route.js b/app/routes/donors.route.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b39734c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/routes/donors.route.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+module.exports = function(app) {
+ 
+    const donors = require('../controllers/donors.controller.js');
+ 
+    // Create a new Donor
+    app.post('/api/donors', donors.create);
+ 
+    // Retrieve all Donor
+    app.get('/api/donors', donors.findAll);
+ 
+    // Retrieve a single Donor by Id
+    app.get('/api/donors/:DonorId', donors.findById);
+
+    // Delete a Donor with Id
+    app.delete('/api/donors/:DonorId', donors.delete);
+ 
+    // // Update a Donor with Id
+    // app.put('/api/donors/:DonorId', donors.update);
+}
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diff --git a/models/dbconnection.js b/models/dbconnection.js
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index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f1b7cc1..01597f5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/talksik/Ucharify_api#readme",
   "dependencies": {
+    "body-parser": "^1.18.3",
     "express": "^4.16.4",
     "mysql2": "^1.6.4",
     "sequelize": "^4.42.0"
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index d1d5172..4122275 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -2,7 +2,26 @@
 const express = require('express'),
     app = express(),
     router = express.Router(),
-    port = process.env.PORT || 4200;
+    bodyParser = require('body-parser'),
+    port = process.env.PORT || 4200,
+    db = require('./app/config/db.config.js');
+
+app.use(bodyParser.json())
+
+//verify connection to db
+db.sequelize
+  .authenticate()
+  .then(() => {
+    console.log('Connection has been established successfully.');
+  })
+  .catch(err => {
+    console.error('Unable to connect to the database:', err);
+  });
+
+// force: true will drop the table if it already exists
+db.sequelize.sync({force: true}).then(() => {
+    console.log('Drop and Resync with { force: true }');
+  });
 
 
 //define a route, usually this would be a bunch of routes imported from another file
@@ -10,11 +29,15 @@ router.get('/', function (req, res, next) {
     res.send('Welcome to the Ucharify API');
 });
 
-//add routes to express app
-// routes(app);
+//adding routes to Express app
+require('./app/routes/donors.route.js')(app);
 
-//start Express server on defined port
-app.listen(port);
-
-//log to console to let us know it's working
-console.log('Ucharify API server started on: ' + port);
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+// Create a Server
+var server = app.listen(port, function () {
+ 
+  var host = server.address().address;
+  var port = server.address().port;
+ 
+  //server is successful
+  console.log(`App listening at port: ${port}`)
+})
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