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The student athletes will also help them read books so they can practice their literacy skills. This is so amazing. Thank you so much! I appreciate it. My students appreciate this. The little one's will still appreciate this. Thank you again.","fullyFundedDate":1748444585404,"projectUrl":"project/read-aloud-with-athletes/9261368/","projectTitle":"Read Aloud With Athletes","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Phillips","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5591692_orig.jpg?crop=1895,1895,x188,y443&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1579213228368","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5591692"},{"teacherId":5591692,"projectId":9123671,"letterContent":"My student athletes & I are so grateful to be able to receive donations & be able to receive brand new gear for our baseball team. Everything that we received was necessary for us to be in compliance to have a successful baseball season this upcoming season. Being a coach is very demanding especially when you have students who look up to you to be a role model. We appreciate you for everything that you have done in order for us to be ready for this season when the time come all because of yall donations towards our team. Again thanks so much for everything.","fullyFundedDate":1746712686227,"projectUrl":"project/lets-play-ball/9123671/","projectTitle":"Let's Play Ball","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Phillips","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5591692_orig.jpg?crop=1895,1895,x188,y443&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1579213228368","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5591692"},{"teacherId":5591692,"projectId":9097327,"letterContent":"I am truly grateful of you all donations for my students. These devices will allow me to assign more work with students having a device to look up the needed information. 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Sometimes they also shared their commonalities with the characters from abusive home lives, to juggling school and sports, gangs, and teenage love. \r\n\r\nI hate that I don't have pictures to share, but please know the books were enjoyed so much that some didn't make it back to my room. Thank you.","fullyFundedDate":1704080696789,"projectUrl":"project/for-the-love-of-reading/8027946/","projectTitle":"For The Love Of Reading!","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Spivey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8017445_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1630407743663","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8017445"},{"teacherId":9034526,"projectId":9043692,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our school's very first middle school softball team! 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