Xiulan stayed home so that she could keep her job and send money to support them.

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People can also fill out a seed request form online, and Hirshberg and her volunteers will send seeds directly to them.

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Mr. Fernandez says he advised them to tell Ms. Spears to tweet more frequently and to send more tweets herself instead of having others tweet on her behalf.

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