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Scrapbooks are such a huge hobby right now. People spend time and money making fabulous displays of their memories. Scrapbooks are so much more for students who remember but cannot tell the takes of their memories and who have so few opportunities for becoming involved in hobbies.

My students are teens who are unable to speak or walk, but they love to share and laugh. Scrapbooking is an activity that lets us work on skills like communication, choice making, fine motor skills while being just like the other kids. In the end the students leave with a book of their memories to show to others.

Your gift made this happen.

Thank you so much!”

With gratitude,

Ms. Ahern

Everyday my students come into the classroom excited for the day. I don't know of any other population of students that is so excited to learn. In spite, or maybe because of their multiple disabilities these students enjoy every minute of they spend engaged in the educational materials I put in front of them.

Of the students in my classroom all but one use wheelchairs for mobility, all but two have have vision impairment, all of the students have a history of, or in most cases, currently active epilepsy that impacts their life dramatically and all of my students have intellectual disabilities. None of my students are readers, but through the use of picture symbols materials can be adapted so that the students can better understand what they are being taught.

Through the materials you donated my students are able to access life skills, mathematics and science curriculum that uses symbols to enhance understanding. We have performed simple science experiments and used picture symbols to follow the instructions and create lab reports. We have done "story problems" in math using picture symbols. These materials bring academics that would not be accessible to my students in written form to them for use. ”

With gratitude,

Ms. Ahern

Thank you very much for your support. Our students will benefit greatly by your generosity. This project will help them develop social skills that they will carry with them throughout their lives. I can't wait to share the great news with the students. Thanks again for all your help”

With gratitude,

Mr. B.

Thank you so much for your donation. I screamed "Yes!" so loudly that everyone came in to my room to see what I was so excited about! This communication device will help my students progress to the next level of making their wants and needs known. In my classroom, I have children with a wide variety of disabilities. This device will work well with each one of my students.

Over the summer, I will be able to plan my curriculum around your wonderful gift! What a fantastic way to start a new school year!

Thank you again for your kindness and generosity.

Sincerely,

Diane ”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Sorokas

Thank you very much for your donation to our classroom! We are so excited to have the new materials to work with helping our students with disabilities. Thank you for helping us try everything we can do to assist these students in being successful in their school careers and life pursuits. Using technology connects these students to so many things they were not able to do before. We are excited about everything we are going to receive, and I am so excited about the talking dictionaries just to start. The students we have that mainstream into regular education will have resources they can take with them into these classes and write with their peers! These materials are really going to be a big hit with our students!”

With gratitude,

Mrs. C.

Thank you so much for your generous donation. It couldn't have come at a better time. My students are a little bored with the items they have been playing with all year long. They will be so excited to have something new to work with. Just imagining the look on their faces makes me smile. I can hardly wait until the materials arrive, then we will take pictures and you will be able to see for yourself how thrilled they are. Again, thank you so much!

Mrs. ”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Sorokas

Wow! You have certainly made my day. We can hardly wait to use the switches and switch toys. I am so excited. Thank you so much for doing this for my special kids. This is going to help my students so much and make them so happy. I can't wait to show you pictures of the kids using the toys. Bless you.

Sincerely,

Angela C

TMD teacher

Angel Oak Elementary

Johns Island, S”

With gratitude,

Mrs. C.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Thanks to you, our special needs kids will have fun learning how to write and build a lifetime enjoyment in writing. Most of our children have motor or other developmental difficulties and need a unique way to learn. You are giving these students that unique opportunity to succeed. Expect some spiffy thank you cards to come.

Loreto ”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Dumitrescu

I can't believe you have so generously funded my request in such a timely fashion! My students and I are in Texas and as I have mentioned most of my students are non verbal. They enjoy puzzles and non-fiction so much! With autism, it's a wonderful way to assist student to to peak their interest in learning.

I have also requested sensory items for my students. Squishy balls, body sox, tangles, & the colorful rainbow blocks. The student I teach are non to low verbal and have high sensory needs. Between work, or when they have overloads in their life, we can now have a very useful sensory section!

This is a long thank you, but you have no idea of have grateful I am for you generosity! I feel so privileged that you choose my project. I can't wait for my student and my assistants to see all the new gifts we will be receiving!

Thank you!

Kriste”

With gratitude,

Ms. Waldinger

Thank you so much for donating adaptive toys to our class. I can't wait to get back to school to share the good news. Our students will be thrilled with new characters and noises.

Thank you so much for your generosity. These toys mean a lot to my students.

With great appreciation,

Annie ”

With gratitude,

Ms. Bovone