The recipients then provide photos of the project and thank you letters to the donors.

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So why not, instead of mithering about with thank you letters and access to the carpool lanes, simply give them an honour?

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On Mr Randell's first visit to the factory, he stopped to read a notice board filled with thank you letters from local school children who had done work experience in the factory.

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Others send thank-you letters with a fruit basket or a bottle of champagne attached.

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Former Ulster Unionist leader Tom Elliott told MPs some businesses had asked them not to send thank-you letters to their company premises because they were fearful that the fact they had donated to the party would leak out.

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Writing letters and thank-you notes is said to be a lost art.

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When he got rejection letters back, he sent "Thank you" notes.

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Roberts received his share of thank-you-for-your-interest form letters, but not from Herm Edwards, coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, who'd learned from Tony Dungy to look for something unusual in aspiring coaches.

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