{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Stafford Early Childhood Center","outOfStateSupporters":47.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":5486538,"projectId":8525383,"letterContent":"Thank you for giving to my project. Having a care closet as a counselor is so beneficial for both myself and the students. Whether I have a student that needs a snack or has had an accident and need something to change into it helps tremendously. I am so relieved to know that essential things that could help my campus has been given to us. The kids and the staff along with myself all appreciate the generosity. \r\n\r\nMy students were excited to know that they don't have to go without a snack or that if they care hungry and they come to see me they could get something small to eat. Often times kids are late to school and miss breakfast Since they can not get themselves to school seeing them be hungry until lunch time is so hard. Now that I have a care closet I can give them something small to satisfy their hunger until its time for lunch. \r\n\r\nNow that I have a care closet I plan to help those students in need. I want to especially be able to partner with my school nurse with supplying undies and socks when needed due to potty accidents. Being at an ECC when this project was funded really helped me see how much that is needed. Next I want to continue to support my campus and supply items when needed.","fullyFundedDate":1732051150346,"projectUrl":"project/early-childhood-center-counselor-care-cl/8525383/","projectTitle":"Early Childhood Center Counselor Care Closet","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Coleman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5486538_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1538340950653","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/takeya-coleman"},{"teacherId":3431317,"projectId":9646995,"letterContent":"On behalf of myself and my students, I would like to say thank you funding this projcect for my students. I am taking on new role on my campus as STEM educator, and the resources from this project are helping to transistion into my new role. \r\n\r\nI wanted to revamp our STEM Lab and make the space inviting and engaging for the students. I was able to redo my bulliten boards, create new workstaions, and keep my classroom clean and oragnized with the resources.\r\n\r\nMy students love our new bublegum machine. I use this a prize for students who are follwing rules and making good choices. The buble gum machine adds a touch of color in my STEM Lab.\r\n\r\nThank you again for supporting education, and Donors Choose.","fullyFundedDate":1757423336378,"projectUrl":"project/basic-essentials-for-back-to-school-succ/9646995/","projectTitle":"Basic Essentials for Back to School Success!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. C.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3431317_orig.jpg?crop=731,731,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1666892918461","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-jchesser"},{"teacherId":3431317,"projectId":9649944,"letterContent":"On behalf of myself and my students, I want to say thank you for funding this project for our school. Having a cotton candy machine for fun and academics has been a great additon to our school.\r\n\r\nThis project inspired parent support beacuse when I recieved the machine, one of my parents offered to take the machine home, and put it together for us so we could use it for our school event. We had parents who were more than happy to help make and serve cotton candy to all students for their \"Do the Right Thing\" celebration of student behavior. \r\n\r\nI took my class to watch the cotton candy being prepared, and they were excited to see how it transformed from sugar to a cloud of happiness. \r\n\r\nI look foward to using our cotton candy machine in our STEM Lab to teach students about the science how sugar changes to someting they can enjoy.","fullyFundedDate":1759192467185,"projectUrl":"project/cotton-candy-for-science-and-celebration/9649944/","projectTitle":"Cotton Candy for Science and Celebration!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. C.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3431317_orig.jpg?crop=731,731,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1666892918461","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-jchesser"},{"teacherId":3431317,"projectId":9400457,"letterContent":"On behalf of myself and my students, I want to say thank you for funding this project for my young STEM students. This is my first year teaching STEM and I wanted to celebrate the hard work my students put in during their first year in a STEM classroom. My students love LEGOs and this project was the perfect way to celebrate their accomplishments and add LEGO decor to the classroom.\r\n\r\nMy students love the LEGO storage bins we use to keep our classroom organized and clean. They resemble the LEGOS the students use in class with their lessons! We keep our LEGOS and other maerials inside these bins that keeps our classroom nice and clean.\r\n\r\nMy student enjoyed the LEGO theme glasses and other items I presented to them at the end of their Gamer Unit. We had a Gamer Truck visit the school, and I used this opportunity to surprise the student with the LEGO items in goody bags. They were very excited to receive these items.\r\n\r\nAs I countine my journey in STEM, I want to say thank you for supporting this project, and making my first offical celebration as a STEM teacher a success.","fullyFundedDate":1755061456957,"projectUrl":"project/celebrating-stem-education-with-legos/9400457/","projectTitle":"Celebrating STEM Education With LEGOS!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. C.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3431317_orig.jpg?crop=731,731,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1666892918461","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-jchesser"},{"teacherId":10160560,"projectId":9674783,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous contributions to our classroom! Your donations of snacks, puzzles, kinetic sand, laminating sheets, cleaning products, and cardstock have made a wonderful difference in our daily learning experiences. Each item has helped create an engaging, safe, and welcoming environment where our students can explore, create, and grow.\r\n\r\nYour cheerful support reminds our class that kindness and community make learning even more meaningful. Because of you, our students have the tools and materials they need to stay curious, energized, and ready to learn each day.","fullyFundedDate":1757116458932,"projectUrl":"project/hands-on-learning-in-prek-3/9674783/","projectTitle":"Hands On Learning in Prek-3","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bailey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10160560_orig.jpg?crop=468,468,x79,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1756846632035","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10160560"},{"teacherId":3431317,"projectId":9299508,"letterContent":"On behalf of myself and my students, I want to say thank you for funding this project for our school! Having an heat press on campus has been a blessing because I am able to use resources on campus to create, designs, print, and press them at school for our student led school events. \r\n\r\nWe are in our inaugural year of opening our Early Stem Academy, and we have new logos we can print and add to tshirts, tote bags, and other items to give to students to show their school pride. \r\n\r\nAdditionally, I can print and press shirts for student led events like our Math and Literacy competitions, Science Fairs, and behvaior celebrations. Having this machine means we are saving time and money because we do not have use outside vendors when we need shirts for small school events. \r\n\r\nThank you supporting my classroom, education, and Donors Choose.","fullyFundedDate":1753445177782,"projectUrl":"project/turning-up-the-heat-/9299508/","projectTitle":"Turning up the Heat !","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. C.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3431317_orig.jpg?crop=731,731,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1666892918461","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-jchesser"},{"teacherId":3431317,"projectId":9306257,"letterContent":"I am writing to say thank you for funding this project for my students and my classroom. Last school year I was moved to a new role at my school as STEM teacher and lead Science teacher for Kindergarten, which means I had to move classrooms, and set up two new classrooms, my Science classroom, and my STEM Lab . Thanks to your support, I was able to pepapre both classrooms with science decor and make both classrooms look fun and welcoming for all students. \r\n\r\nThe Lego Storage Bins are a huge hit in the STEM lab. They keep the Legos organized while making the classroom modern and attractive. \r\n\r\nI was able use my Donors Choose funded Cricut machines to make classroom decor and work station items using the cardstock and laminating sheets from this project.\r\n\r\nThanks to your support, my transition to my new role as STEM educator has been less stressful because I had materials on hand to prepare my classrooms for my students.","fullyFundedDate":1746699674611,"projectUrl":"project/preparing-for-a-new-school-year/9306257/","projectTitle":"Preparing for a New School Year!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. C.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3431317_orig.jpg?crop=731,731,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1666892918461","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-jchesser"},{"teacherId":9246175,"projectId":9299617,"letterContent":"On behalf of myself and my students, I want to say thank you for fully funding this special project for my students. As an educator, I have many goals for my students, one of them is teaching my studnets about giving more than taking, and this project helped me teach this lesson to my students to my students. \r\n\r\nOur school was opened during the Summer for Summer Learning, therefore we were able to plan a trip to our local animal shelter and deliver the funded items to animal shelter. My students are Girl Scouts, therefore they earned a patch for their community service project. \r\n\r\nDuring their visit they learned how aninmals end up at an animal shelter, what happens to sick animals, and how people in the community can adopt or foster an shelter animal.\r\n\r\nMy students were inspired to host another pet food / supply drive thanks to this project.","fullyFundedDate":1746820678787,"projectUrl":"project/supporting-shelter-animals-in-our-commun/9299617/","projectTitle":"Supporting Shelter Animals in our Community!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hedgepeth","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9246175_orig.jpg?crop=566,566,x56,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1694709351247","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9246175"},{"teacherId":9851496,"projectId":9051665,"letterContent":"At the ECC we focus on process art. This means to allow to students be able to make art using and perfecting their fine motor skills. So many studies were to able to paint and print make for the first time. The reason I am so excited to teach art because being able to expose students' different art process and creatives who share similar and contrasting backgrounds.\r\n\r\nArt is so important in art we learn how to make decisions and spot attention to detail. Thank you all for assisting with glue, paint, printmaking supplies and paper. It really makes a difference in our students lives and the quality of work that we produce. Thank you to our village.","fullyFundedDate":1743027312628,"projectUrl":"project/marking-moments/9051665/","projectTitle":"Marking Moments","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Davis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9851496_orig.jpg?crop=512,512,x0,y37&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1736655356177","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9851496"},{"teacherId":3431317,"projectId":9174497,"letterContent":"On behalf of myself and my students, I want to say thank you for funding this project for my students and school. Having an updated Cricut in our school has improved my ability to make things for my classroom and school at a fast rate. \r\n\r\nMy students are enjoying our newly decorated STEM Lab thanks to our new Cricut Machine. Our classroom is welcoming and looks like an actual STEM Lab because I was able to make STEM themed decor for the wall in our classroom. \r\n\r\nI plan on using our machine to make Tshirt for our Science Fair and our STEM night that will be desinged by our students. \r\n\r\nThe possibilites are endless with this new machine, and I am thankful for your support.","fullyFundedDate":1746699656284,"projectUrl":"project/cutting-up-with-circut/9174497/","projectTitle":"Cutting up with Circut!!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. C.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3431317_orig.jpg?crop=731,731,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1666892918461","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-jchesser"},{"teacherId":3431317,"projectId":9299516,"letterContent":"On behalf of myself and my students, I want to say thank for fully funding this commuinity service project for my students. Thanks to your support, my Girl Scouts , who are my students, took action and delivered food items to Lunches of Love. \r\n\r\nThis funded project came just in time because the organziation, Lunches of Love was in need of donations. Their organization was featured on our local news, because donations were not comming in for the community, and our girl decided this is where the food items needed to be donated.\r\n\r\nWe delivered the items, and did some volunteer work during our visit. This was a great experience for my students, and it inspirped them to do another food drive during the holidays. \r\n\r\nThank for giving us this opportunity.","fullyFundedDate":1746732368526,"projectUrl":"project/feeding-children-in-our-community-during/9299516/","projectTitle":"Feeding Children in Our Community During Summer Break","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. C.","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3431317_orig.jpg?crop=731,731,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1666892918461","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-jchesser"},{"teacherId":3431317,"projectId":9126151,"letterContent":"Thank your funding this project for our school. Having a school garden has had a positive impact on our entire school community because it brings positive energy to everyone who is invested in this ongoing project. \r\n\r\nI started our school garden last year thanks to Donors Choose, and I have worked hard to keep our garden maintained for our students to enjoy. I felt it was missing things to make it more \"appealing\" to our students and guest who visit our garden.\r\n\r\nThe resources funded in this project are a great addition because our garden is beautiful. The students love the sunflowers and butterflies, and I love seeing the joy in their eyes when they are outside exploring. \r\n\r\nWords cannot express my gratitude for your support. 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