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Thank you once again for your kind support for our class. \r\n\r\nOur centers will be active with students' learning and enjoying making art and having all the needed materials to paint and draw, Thanks to your kind support. We are so happy to know that there is someone who gave us this gift for learning.","fullyFundedDate":1786542194789,"projectUrl":"project/unleashing-creativity/10352071/","projectTitle":"Unleashing Creativity","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Puri","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2003813_orig.jpg?crop=2048,2048,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1612073014714","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/spuri"},{"teacherId":2003813,"projectId":10335065,"letterContent":"Thank you from the bottom of my heart. We appreciate it the mere fact that you CARE is impressive! Our students will use these materials in centers and enjoy learning! 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We always desire for our favorite Magnetic Creative Building Sticks Blocks Toys, Educational Stacking Toys Set for Kids, for using 3D shapes to design and build castles and pyramids, I wish to make school fun, relatable, and exciting for kids to be motivated, so I am requesting these visual arts materials, which they will use daily in centers. That is why I am requesting these Magnetic Building Sticks Blocks Toys. 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