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I appreciate your generous donation to make this purchase.","fullyFundedDate":1735343268184,"projectUrl":"project/sensory-toys-for-regulation/8714428/","projectTitle":"Sensory Toys for Regulation","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Eakins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp826972_orig.jpg?crop=613,614,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724853638729","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/826972"},{"teacherId":8673067,"projectId":8690273,"letterContent":"Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your generous donations to support myself and my students. Being able to purchase a rolling bag to take to daycares to serve my preschool students with special needs has been life changing and has not only saved my back but it has also allowed me to bring more engaging and motivating materials to support my students in low socio-economic areas. This travel bag is amazingly convenient with tons of pockets and options to transport fun activities to improve my students' learning. Thank you so much for your generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1734650993843,"projectUrl":"project/travel-speech-therapist-needs-to-provide/8690273/","projectTitle":"Travel Speech Therapist Needs To Provide Engaging Materials to Preschoolers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Elise","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8673067"},{"teacherId":8673067,"projectId":8690495,"letterContent":"Your generous donations have supplied both my classroom and low income daycare students with brand new books, games and toys. I can not tell you how motivating brand new games, toys and books are to students with special needs. They love playing games and reading new books. As a speech language pathologist, it's also more exciting for me to be able to provide them with fun, new materials in order to facilitate speech and language growth. Establishing rapport and creating a safe space is the foundation of learning new skills and maintaining attention is vital for communication growth.\r\n\r\nThank you for your wonderful generosity in helping me create this fun, motivating environment for my students.","fullyFundedDate":1734110112997,"projectUrl":"project/new-engaging-books-and-games-for-presch/8690495/","projectTitle":"New, Engaging Books and Games for Preschoolers With Communication Delays","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Elise","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8673067"},{"teacherId":5570530,"projectId":8793041,"letterContent":"Thank you so very much for donating to our Eagles Pride Coffee Cart! We began running deliveries the Friday before our Fall Break and (weather dependent) have ran a weekly dilvery each week since our return. The students love putting the orders into baggies as they comein throughout the week, making the cups of joy on Friday mornings, and the quick conversations they engage in with the other staff members throughout the building. We have a color coded system for all of our supplies and the students are fully taking responsibility of placing the desired items in each customers package. Students are learning to use different modes of communication to best fit their needs as they hand off the packages to the customers. Some students are taking this project a step further and honing their math skills as we sort, count, and find the value of our earnings each week. Everyone looks forward to Fridays now thanks to your generous donation.","fullyFundedDate":1729603921073,"projectUrl":"project/eagles-pride-cafe/8793041/","projectTitle":"Eagles Pride Cafe","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Beatty","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5570530_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1533725563484","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/m-beatty"},{"teacherId":8673067,"projectId":8691407,"letterContent":"Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart, the teacher I work with and the other special providers that come into our classroom, as well as the students. Having a way to keep our air clean helps both the staff and students stay healthy so that we can work on developmental, social, preacademic and communication needs with our preschoolers with special needs.\r\n\r\nWe have used it regularly and are happy to have the air purifier to keep our sweet students healthy. Thank you so much for your generosity providing this air purifier to us so that we can all stay healthy and learn!\r\n\r\nThank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1733284662448,"projectUrl":"project/air-purifier-for-a-special-needs-prescho/8691407/","projectTitle":"Air Purifier For A Special Needs Preschool Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Elise","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8673067"},{"teacherId":9698479,"projectId":8691272,"letterContent":"The support and donations you have provided for me this school year has completely made my and my students' school year. With your donations, you have helped to keep my student engaged, excited, and motivated to participate and therefore make progress in each and every session. \r\n\r\nI am forever grateful. Because of this specific donation, my students have been able to increase both their receptive and expressive language and communication skills through the very best and most motivating method possible-play! Because of your donations you have helped my entire caseload enhance their functional communication skills.\r\n\r\nThank you for your generosity. It has meant to the world to me, and more importantly to my preschoolers!","fullyFundedDate":1731051564842,"projectUrl":"project/communication-skills-soar-through-play/8691272/","projectTitle":"Communication Skills Soar Through Play!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sarah","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9698479_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724715445798","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9698479"},{"teacherId":9698479,"projectId":8690307,"letterContent":"The support and donations you have provided for me this school year has completely made my and my students' school year. With your donations, you have provided a safe and efficient way to transport technology, materials, important documents, and toys/activities to preschool students to an entire zone of the Charlotte Mecklenburg System that I am covering. \r\n\r\nI am forever grateful. Because of this specific donation, I have been able to transport all materials I need each day to serve all my students in various daycares and preschools throughout the Charlotte area. They have all enjoyed using motivating manipulatives, such as animals to facilitate speech /language skills during sessions. \r\n\r\nThank you for your generosity. 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