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Being able to laminate is key. \r\n\r\nThank you again and hopefully you are able to help other teachers the way you have helped me.","fullyFundedDate":1746539449092,"projectUrl":"project/make-it-last-in-special-needs-kindergart/9221785/","projectTitle":"Make it Last in Special Needs Kindergarten!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2648500_orig.jpg?crop=2805,2805,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1630254765784","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mjsmith"},{"teacherId":2648500,"projectId":8970872,"letterContent":"Thank so much for your kind and generous donation to my project. Teaching is not always easy and having the right materials can make all the difference. It is sad that in this country classrooms are not stocked the way they should be but thank heavens there are people like you to help us along.\r\n\r\nMy students love everything they received through this project and are benefitting so much from the materials. I hope you are happy with what I am doing with these funds and materials and that you continue to support teachers throughout the country in the future.","fullyFundedDate":1733757139231,"projectUrl":"project/we-love-to-learn-in-special-needs-kinder/8970872/","projectTitle":"We Love to Learn in Special Needs Kindergarten!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2648500_orig.jpg?crop=2805,2805,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1630254765784","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mjsmith"},{"teacherId":2648500,"projectId":8997122,"letterContent":"Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the generous and kind donation you gave to my classroom. It is only through the generous support of wonderful people like yourselves that I am able to do so much with my students. School in the United States are not funded properly or equitably. I am lucky I am in a state that values education but it is still not enough. When I receive donations I am so grateful and it renews my faith in humanity.\r\n\r\nI hope that you continue to fund wonderful classrooms throughout the country and again I am so thankful that you have funded mine.","fullyFundedDate":1735059922005,"projectUrl":"project/adapted-materials-for-special-needs-k/8997122/","projectTitle":"Adapted Materials for Special Needs K!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2648500_orig.jpg?crop=2805,2805,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1630254765784","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mjsmith"},{"teacherId":2648500,"projectId":8997382,"letterContent":"I cannot begin to thank you for the generous donation you made to my classroom. Play is often forgotten in classrooms these days and kindergarteners learn so much from interacting with their peers. People are questioning why so many children are growing up and having issues at their jobs with co-workers but it is clear why this is happening, Children are not being given time to play and manage their problem solving skills. Kindergarten means a garden of young children, who will learn so much about life in that one year. But not if they do not learn to play and navigate their world socially. \r\nThank you for making this happen in my classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1742924140136,"projectUrl":"project/lets-play-in-special-needs-k/8997382/","projectTitle":"Let's Play in Special Needs K!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2648500_orig.jpg?crop=2805,2805,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1630254765784","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mjsmith"},{"teacherId":3206286,"projectId":9044223,"letterContent":"With our most sincere gratitude, \"THANK YOU!\", for donating stethoscope and doctors coat for our students. During black history month, we focused on people who attended HBCU colleges and discussed how they made an impact in our world today. \r\n\r\n\r\nThis month, we chose Dr. Regina Benjamin, the 18th US Surgeon General. We also focused on and Dr. Adayna Upchurch-Burrows,a pediatrician and who joined The Gambia Collaborative Project because of her desire to teach & share her experience as a physician in addition to seeing a new perspective of medicine in a non-Western environment and to experience a different way of life. \r\n\r\nWith the materials, students dressed up as doctors and learned about major organs in the body (the lungs and digestive systems) and pretended to be doctors and helped sick patients. Your generosity helped students learning come to life.","fullyFundedDate":1736805376190,"projectUrl":"project/learn-to-take-care-of-people-like-dr-re/9044223/","projectTitle":"Learn To Take Care of People Like Dr. Regina Benjamin","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. La-Mui","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3206286_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1452258224854","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mlamui"},{"teacherId":3206286,"projectId":9029010,"letterContent":"Gong Hei Fat Choi! Xin Nian Kuai Le! We wish you a Happy Lunar New year and may you have a healthy new year. Thank you for all the materials you have donated! \r\n\r\nLunar New Year 2025 celebration was a blast because of all the materials you helped provided. We spent the whole week getting our building ready by cleaning out all the bad luck and decorating our buildings for the festive new year in order to bring joy and good luck for the coming year.\r\n\r\nNot only did the students enjoying learning about Lunar New Year, teachers and staff join in on the fun! We ended our Lunar New Year week celebration with a show of students singing Chinese songs and a Lion Dance with popping fireworks (poppers)!\r\n\r\nYour generosity made this year's celebration to remember for our staff and students!","fullyFundedDate":1736102628873,"projectUrl":"project/lunar-new-year-2025/9029010/","projectTitle":"Lunar New Year 2025","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. La-Mui","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3206286_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1452258224854","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mlamui"},{"teacherId":3206286,"projectId":8830206,"letterContent":"Thank you for the generous donations. Writing can be a daunting task for 5 year old students who are just learning the alphabets and learning to write their name. Your donations made writing fun! \r\n\r\nThe students were so excited to receive their own individual books. 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