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Treasures 4 Teachers runs a nonprofit thrift store in Tempe that provides steeply discounted school supplies to educators.

Many teachers spend hundreds of dollars of their own money each year on classroom supplies.

The organization aims to support teachers, reduce waste and help combat high turnover rates in the education field.

Carmella Weeg pushed a purple shopping cart down an aisle filled with glitter glue, stamps and flash cards.

The 7th-grade English teacher drove about a half hour to visit Treasures 4 Teachers’ thrift store in Tempe, and she still hadn’t made her way through the entire shop after perusing for over an hour.

“But it was worth it,” she said, pointing to her cart filled with brightly colored games, books and trinkets.

Each year, teachers like

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