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We appreciate your generosity and kindness.","fullyFundedDate":1746786164140,"projectUrl":"project/title-i-juggling-outreach/9223433/","projectTitle":"Title I Juggling Outreach","teacherDisplayName":"Coach Ashcraft","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8834963"},{"teacherId":8834963,"projectId":9074536,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to Irvin C. Mollison IB World Elementary School. Your donation was critical in allowing my students to continue to receive high-quality, funded, and educated physical education. \r\n\r\nI recently completed my Master's degree in PE, and a critical part of being a successful PE teacher is having the necessary equipment to educate and push my students to higher heights. \r\n\r\nOur sports teams were small these past two years, but thanks to donations like yours, more students will grow up loving sports, and hopefully, our teams will grow in the years to come.","fullyFundedDate":1740778859315,"projectUrl":"project/pe-equipment-recharge/9074536/","projectTitle":"Pe Equipment Recharge","teacherDisplayName":"Coach Ashcraft","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8834963"},{"teacherId":8834963,"projectId":9139478,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to Irvin C. Mollison Elementary School. My school is small, but loving the ping pong and frisbee equipment that you donated. The ping pong nets allow us to practice ping-pong on tables that we already owned, and the frisbees allow my students to engage with frisbees in a new and interactive way.\r\n\r\nWithout your donation, we would have fewer opportunities and limited chances to better ourselves. Thank you again for donating to my school, and I hope you consider donating to us again In the future.","fullyFundedDate":1743442571986,"projectUrl":"project/title-i-ultimate-frisbee-and-ping-pong-o/9139478/","projectTitle":"Title I Ultimate Frisbee and Ping Pong Outreach","teacherDisplayName":"Coach Ashcraft","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8834963"},{"teacherId":8834963,"projectId":9003354,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donation to Mollison IB World Elementary School. It has allowed our volleyball lessons to flourish, and our kids are excited to be playing volleyball this summer throughout Chicago, either in parks, beaches, or backyards.\r\n\r\nBefore this donation, we only had 3 volleyballs here, and now we have enough to last for years.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, I have started a \"Jump Rope Wall of Legends\" which has encouraged kids to work on their stamina, coordination, footwork, and overall strength without them even realizing it.","fullyFundedDate":1737485577860,"projectUrl":"project/volleyball-and-double-dutch-club/9003354/","projectTitle":"Volleyball and Double-dutch Club","teacherDisplayName":"Coach Ashcraft","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8834963"},{"teacherId":8782816,"projectId":9093240,"letterContent":"The books we received for this project had a powerful impact on my students. 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