Oklahoma teacher goes viral for photo of her panhandling for school supplies

An Oklahoma elementary school teacher has gone viral after budget cuts led her to the extreme of panhandling for school supplies, which she pays for out of pocket despite her small salary.

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Teresa Danks, an elementary school teacher from Tulsa, has gone viral after she was photographed panhandling for school supplies on the side of the street.

Like most teachers, Danks was spending thousands of her own money to buy basic supplies for the school year, so she decided to do something extreme and ask complete strangers for donations.

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A photo of Danks holding a sign that read "Teacher needs school supplies! Anything helps" was posted to Facebook and has been shared thousands of times, according to Fox News.

In response to the image going viral, Danks created a GoFundMe page, which got huge response, leading her to make a new Facebook page called "Begging for Education," where she is aiming to help bring awareness to the issues educators are facing today.

According to her GoFundMe page, Danks has been teaching since 1996 and budget cuts plus rising prices have made it harder for teachers to get the supplies they need to make it through a school year.

People from all over have jumped on the opportunity to help Danks, and in just a few days have met and surpassed the initial goal of $20,000.

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