Tvini's Jayne hat challenge

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We have been using the needle arts materials sent to us through your generous donations. My students are busy working on knitting projects. Some projects are gifts for others; some are for themselves. The true gift they are experiencing is the talent and pride that comes with their efforts.

One student recently finished a scarf for his mother. It was to be a birthday present for her but he didn't have it finished in time. She was very upset that no one remembered her birthday until Kyle sheepishly told her he was working on something for her. I am going to include a letter in your thank you package that she wrote expressing her joy at finally seeing what her son "was up to". When Kyle finally finished that scarf, he nearly burst from pride. I wish you could have seen his face and the other student's faces who stood around him patting him on the back. This project inspired others to create and now we are experiencing 'knitting fever'! The supplies of needles and yarn are helping to tend to that fever.

I am forever grateful for your generosity. Even though my students are very young and they don't always express in words what they are feeling, please take it from me that they, too, are eternally grateful for the opportunity to knit, crochet, and complete projects with their new found skills.

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With gratitude,

Mrs. Schuldt

This is just a small token of my gratitude for your generous donation to my classroom. The yarn and other supplies that were purchased due to your kindness have helped my students complete a knitting project of 100 caps for kids with cancer. This project has also helped my students with hand-eye coordination. Some of the caps were extraneously beautiful. The students were very creative. Many of the students showed the caps to others in the school and they all had positive comments that encouraged the students to want to make more caps.

This project has helped to develop a life-skill that could prove to be profitable. One of the teachers commented on how nice the caps were and that she would pay as much as $10 for one of them.

The student who knitted the most caps was a young man in the ninth grade. He had never knitted anything in his life before this project. His mother even liked the fact that her son was doing something for others. I broke the project into two phases of 50 caps each. We managed to complete the first 50 caps before the Holiday Break and then the other 50 caps before our spring break. He won both mini-contests with a total of 31 caps.

We are truly grateful for your participation in the Donor Choose program. Without your heartfelt donation my students would still be wondering what to do for their community service work. I thank you!”

With gratitude,

Teacher

Thank you all for your kind and generous donations. These books have already had an impact in my classroom. My students love them. Among the books are many bestsellers that my students have wanted to read but did not have access to. I have waiting lists for several of the books and some students have already read two or more books. The students reading logs are fuller than they have been all year. They're reading and actually enjoying it. I don't have to tell them to read anymore they just do it. Thanks so much.

These books will inspire students to read not just this year for for many years to come. Thanks again.”

With gratitude,

Mr. Carlson

I would like to personally thank you for your donations toward our Sensory Room! With your donations we were able to purchase some great activities that have been able to meet the Sensory needs of our children along with other children throughout our school who have sensory needs. We were able to set up 8 different sensory centers: a sand table, bean and rice table, puzzle center, chill center, swinging center, sensory table, art center, and some motor activities in the center of the room. We have already seen improvements in our kids behaviors and attention span by taking 2 trips a day to the sensory room (morning and afternoon). We have nonverbal children who have become more verbal when they take a trip to the sensory room. It is amazing how much of a difference sensory input can make in the lives of these children!

I want to thank you again for your generosity and making a difference in the lives of these wonderful children! I can't wait to see the gains that these children make by adding more sensory input!”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Covington

This is just a small token of my gratitude for your generous donation to my classroom. The books that you donated have helped my students every day for a unit. We've used them to broaden our vocabulary, to write essays, poems, and to have a greater understanding of the world around us. This novel was used in all of my classes.

Our school is currently facing a budget shortfall like many other schools this year, so without your help, my students would never have had these vital resources. For middle school students, cultivating an interest in reading is one of the most important gifts we could give them.

Without donors like you, thousands of classrooms in the United States would go without.”

With gratitude,

Ms. Aiello

This letter is just a small token of my appreciation for the listening centers that you donated to my classroom. My students use the listening stations everyday during workshop. They love having headphones. We have also used the listening centers to help us in comprehension and other aspects of re-tell such as characters, setting, problem and solution.

Our school district is currently facing a budget shortfall and with out your generous donations these listening centers would not have been possible. Thank you for all that you do, for without you millions of classrooms in America would be going without.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Seegars

Our Rainbow rug has been in full use since the fist day. Having a large class it has been great to be able to group the children by rows, " table 2 go sit on the green stripe, if you like chocolate milk go sit on a green or blue square etc!!". We have made graphs and have met with small groups by assigning each a color block on our rainbow.

Some of my most enjoyable moments are when other teachers come in and say"wow!, what a rug. How did YOU get it?" I then get to share my great experience on Donors Choose. I want to thank each of you for your generous donations so that my class can now be sitting on the rainbow!

My whole class says ,thank you,thanks,merci, thank you, gracias, and thank you !!”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Wilson