There is someone in my audience today
who is such a big fan of the show
that she put her bachelorette party on hold so she
could Skype with my producers.
I want to know what they were talking about.
So Jasmia Fowler come on down.
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[CROWD CHEERING]
Hi.
Hi!
Sit down.
Jasmia, how are you?
It's Jasmia?
Yes.
All right.
Hi.
What were y'all talking about that was so important that you
stopped your bachelorette party?
Well, first of all, when Ellen calls, everything stops, OK?
Yes, you're right.
Might be skyping at the wedding.
OK?
I'll say, "I do," in a few.
That's boss.
OK.
So I was called because they wanted to talk
about my amazing school.
I'm a high school principal at Ánimo College Prep,
where I'm just so proud of my amazing students.
It is an amazing school.
I'm going to read some things about your amazing school.
You're a Title I high school.
You're located in a very dangerous neighborhood
in Watts.
You have amazing students who go through unimaginable obstacles,
and they're all resilient students.
You and your staff pay out of your pocket for your students
daily.
Your school is a beacon of hope in your community.
Is that all correct?
All of it.
All right.
And then you have an amazing athletics program.
Tell us about that.
Yes, so our athletics program basically
provides a safe haven for a lot of our students.
And we want to make sure that we're
developing well-rounded students,
so they truly believe in the things that they are doing.
And they are such hardworking and passionate students.
And they're champions.
We may not have the budget, but they are working hard
and we're so proud of them.
And where are they-- they're all at school, obviously?
Yes.
They better be.
Well, not all of them.
Some of them are not there.
Yeah.
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[CROWD CHEERING]
Hi!
Hey.
Oh, my God!
Hey!
Oh, my God!
Hi!
Oh, my goodness!
Hi!
Oh, my God!
Now, we're back over here.
Surprise!
Oh, my God.
All right.
Somebody had something really special to say to you,
that they wanted to say thank you.
Which one of you?
Me.
Come over here with me, Jasmia.
OK.
Well, Miss Fowler, thank you.
Thank you, Miss Ellen for having us
here, on this show-- and my peers
and my beautiful principal.
Miss Fowler, we love you.
Thank you for being there for us, being so supportive.
We love you so much.
We love Miss Fowler.
Clearly this obviously helps in many ways.
But why does this athletics program help you so much?
This athletic program help us because it keeps us,
like, on the right track.
Because where I'm from, there's not a lot
of resources in my environment.
So this athletic program really has an impact
on the students and stuff.
You're doing some good stuff, aren't you?
I'm trying.
Yes you are.
Yeah.
We love you, Miss Fowler.
Well, you're more than trying.
So there's no sports funding, and the staff
pays out of their own pocket.
And we want to change that.
So on Amazon, there's a thing called active lifestyle gift
guide.
So we reached out to them, and they
want to give your students--
they want to keep them healthy and happy.
And they are going to donate tons of sports equipment
and a check for $50,000.
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We'll be right back.