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This year, several Altheimer Elementary students were featured in a book called The School of Dreams. The book featured the dreams and goals of talented young people and mentioned how the Altheimer Foundation's giving program helped me to receive a chemical engineering degree from UA in Fayetteville.

Brenette Wilder
Lee's Summit, MO