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Pje3$Gz&Lii2!%!D7l East Mecklenburg Panthers September 19,2003 Mr. Jeff Johnson WJZY UPN 46/Charlotte’s WB 3501 Performance Rd. Charlotte, NC 28214 Dear Mr. Johnson: Just a note of thanks for the generous donation we received f?om you on behalf of the East Mecklenburg Panthers football team. We need more people like you in this world who take a sincere interest in the maturation and activities of our community youth. Our football team continues to grow because the kindness and generosity of concern citizens such as yourself. It is my hope that you will keep us in your prayers, and continue your support as well as tell others, about our commitment towards mentoring our youth. I deeply appreciate this gesture on your part and I will do everything in my power to justify the coddence both you and the community has placed in me. Again thank you for your support, and it is my sincere hope that you may be able to attend our games at your leisure. pJE3$gz&lii2!%!d7LoachKe h atson P.S. We would be honored to put up the WJZY Banners at our games. Please forward the banners to me right away! Coach Kenneth Watson East Meck Panthers 3609-B South Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28209 (704) 529-1610 September 17,2003 Dear Jeff, Our thanks to you and to WJZY for your support of Rock Hill Reads. Your presence set the tone for a joyous occasion. The police department said we had over 4,000 people and OUT total is nearly $74,000 for books. Thank you for just being you. Our community clearly values its young people and reading is the key to their success. We look forward to next year. You are terrific! July 9,2003 I want to personally thank you for participating in our recent “Learning Communities 1” Asuual Conference”. The conference was a definite SUCC~SS, Thank You From in large part due to your involvement. All of the feedhack on the conference was very positive and participants expressed much appreciated for the information that yon shared during your workshop. I hope that you will consider participating in next year’s conference! Thank you for all of the work that yon do on behalf of tbe children and families! Youth & Family Services ecs CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOLS April 17, 2000 Jeff Johnson Student Television 3501 Performance Road Charlotte, NC 28214 Dear Jeff Thank you so much for helping make our Time Warner Heroes banquet so successful. Your comments were right on target with the theme of our evening. And, as usual, the students were thrilled you were there - of course, we adults were, too. I think this banquet is one of the most inspirational events sponsored by our Foundation, and your contributions made it even more so. I would be remss if I also didn't tell you how much we appreciate your visits in our schools. Your message is one that students can't hear too often, and you make it meaningful but fun for them to hear. I hope you can come back to Cleveland County Schools again soon. Again, thanks for speaking at the Heroes banquet. All of Cleveland County will be able to see it as it is being aired several times on the local community access channel. Sincerely, Lo- Donna C. Carpenter Director of Communications/Public Relations 130 South Post Road Suite 2 Shelby, North Carolina 28152 Telephone 704/487-8581 Fax 704/484-9224 Linda Reep Ann Browning Sweetwater Elementary Main Street Hickory, NC 28601 Mr. Dan Kerby, STV Coordinator UPN46/WB55 P 0 Box 668400 Charlotte. NC 28266 Dear Mr. Kerby, There is a myriad of items we have to thank you for. We dearly appreciate your courteous, impeccable manners calling us long distance many times. We dearly appreciate you traveling to our school We deeply appreciate the quality time you spent with our beloved students. You were so lund to give them the magazines and the toy tattoos You have given them opportunities and memories that they will carry with them always I am sure we have a future television producer in our student body due to your modeling your profession for them. Thanks a mllion for complimenting their murals. Thanks a million for putting their photographs and story on your website. We showed them their portraits on the classroom computer and they were thrilled. You gave them a very valuable and unique expenence. A million thanks for all the money for our students. We are purchasing items to engender literacy and math growth, including safe, plastic compasses and tactile sponges with letters and numbers to paint with. I have also ordered plaster impregnated medical gauze, the kind physicians used to use to set casts. We will use this matenal to study anatomy, art, and science and to encourage future careers in art and medicine. We will also purchase books. You are encouraging children who are very underpnvileged and you have given them the courage and strength to be successful. God Bless you for your warmth, kmdness, generosity, and for your nurturing the cognitive and emotional growth of our students who would not have received that opportunity otherwise. Very, very, sincerely, With infinite appreciation, c-Lin+@-P I'a Reep, Media Coordinator Ann Browning, Art Teacher and Math/Reading Linda Reep Ann Browning Sweetwater Elementary 2110 Main Avenue S.E. Hickory, NC 28602 Mr. Jeff Johnson, STV Spokesperson and Star UPN46lWB55 P.0 Box 668400 Charlotte, NC 28266 Dear Mr. Johnson, There aren't any words in any language to express our gratitude for the magnitude of what you have done for our children. A million thanks for giving our children such chansmatic attention and making them laugh. We are deeply appreciative of the time you took signing autographs for each and every child with all their names. A million thanks for malung our children celebnties. Their faces lit up like fireworks when they saw their portraits and story on your website. You gave our school excellent publicity and a great deal of joy. I am sure there is a future television celebrity and public speaker in the student body due to you excellent modeling. Thanks a mllion for giving our children memories that will last a lifetime. A million thanks, also, for all the money you gave us for our students. We have purchase instructional materials that encourage reading, math, the arts, and art and medical careers. We have money from you for helping our students who are disadvantaged and do not have enough money for a field tnp or glasses or their lunch bill. The local news station did give us television coverage, as did two newspapers and a newsletter that goes to every school employee. You have given our children a unique opportunity. They were the only children in the entire school system who could say that they were on a television webpage, our county webpage, and television all at once. We sent home a newsletter to all the parents about your kindness and profound generosity. We dearly enjoyed Mr. Kerby, also, and are sending a letter to him. We have so much in common You mentioned your brother teaches at a college in New York City. I have cousins who are graduates of NYU and Columbia University. One has his doctorate in industnal psychology and another has her medical degree in podiatry. I am sure our children will enjoy this lund of success in the future. You showed them profound kmdness and attention, as well as giving them such an enormous amount of money.You have truly planted seeds in our children that will grow into higher education and success. God Bless you. Very, very sincerely, With infinite appreciation, Linda Reep, Media Coordinator Enrichment Teacher nn Browningw Art Teacher gdMathlReading Tutor Eric J. Smith, Ed D Superintendent May 18,2001 Dear Mr. Johnson, I wanted to let )u k vh v much th ;taff, iministration and students appreciated your assistance and thank you for your appearance at during our End of Grade Test Rally! The staff and the students received your enthusiasm, humor, dedication, and words of inspiration warmly. The stories you told and related to the students were very meaninghl and gave the students examples to which they could relate 1 We are always thrilled and look forward to the excitement that you bring with you, regardless of the occasion. We look forward to working with you in the future and again extend our many THANKS! Sincerely, Marilyn Osbomk Assistant Principal Administrative Offices Education Center 701 East Second Street pi .?p:&j I....... ,&+ South Elementary School r \ /" 839 South Maenolia Street Mooresville. North Carolina 28115 704-664-9777 March 9,2001 Dear Mr. Johnson, Thank you for participating in our Read Across America celebration on Friday, March 2nd. The story that you shared with us was wonderful! The time and dedication that you gave to our third graders is greatly appreciated. We hope that your visit at South Elementary School was as special to you as it was to us. Thanks to volunteers like you our celebration was a huge success! Sincerely, Third Grade Teachers Darlene Thrall, Jan Smith, Linda Jackson, Pat Denson, Kiki Reid, Nancy Morrison, Toni Bouzakis, Debbie Hudnall McClintock Middle School Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 2101 Rama Road Charlotte, Norih Carolina 28212 Eric J Smith, Ed D Telephone (704) 343-6425 Superintendent December 5,2000 Mr. Jeff Johnson WJZY I WFNTelevision 3501 Performance Road Charlotte, North Carolina 28214 Dear Mr. Johnson: On behalf of the staff and students, thank you for taking time to speak to the students at McClintock Middle School.
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