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Oklahoma Teacher Panhandles for School Supplies
Teresa Danks has gained some worldwide attention after a photo of the panhandling elementary school teacher started getting shared on social media.
She only makes $35,000 a year teaching in Tulsa, Oklahoma and says she spends nearly $3,000 of her own money on classroom supplies. So Teresa took to the streets with a sign that says, "Teacher needs school supplies! Anything helps! Thank you!"
GoFundMe
After her photo got shared over a thousand times, Teresa started a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for her fellow teachers. The donations raised go towards the purchase of:
- Egg cartons
- Paper towel/toilet paper rolls
- Yarn
- Old, leftover party paper plates
- Straws
- Pipe cleaners
- Broken costume jewelry
- Beads
- Craft wire
- Silk flowers
- Plastic water bottles
- Gallon size plastic jugs
- Sewing needles/Thread
- Buttons
- Fabric pieces
- Cotton balls/Pom Poms
- Safety pins
- Stencils (letters & pictures)
- Stamp pads
- Large felt board
- Sandwich bags
- Treasure box single wrap candy
- Single electric hot burner
- Board games and card games for ages 6+
- Big Joe black bean bag chair
- Yoga balls
- Protractors
- Microscope
- Small dorm size refrigerator
- Small microwave
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