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She couldn’t afford a gift, so she gave her teacher a bag of Lucky Charms marshmallows

A Washington state third-grade teacher’s post about a gift received from a student has gone viral online.

Rachel Uretsky-Pratt of Amistad Elementary in Kennewick, Washington, posted on Facebook that is common for students and teachers to exchange gifts before the break, but this year one particular gift stood out from the rest — a plastic bag of Lucky Charms marshmallows.

“You see, 100% of my school is on free/reduced lunch. They also get free breakfast at school every day of the school week,” Uretsky-Pratt wrote. “This kiddo wanted to get my something so badly, but had nothing to give.”

Uretsky-Pratt continued saying when the student “opened her free breakfast cereal this morning, took the packaging of her spork, straw, and napkin, and finally took the time to take every marshmallow out of her cereal to put in a bag–for me.”

Her post has since touched the hearts of many across the world, being shared more than 79-thousand times since it was posted Wednesday.

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