A group called Shirley's Way gave Louisville's Churchill Park School and Louisville a technology gift that helps students with special needs, communicate with their teacher and one another.

Last Friday, the founder of Shirley's Way got to see firsthand how these technologies are being put to use that in our education, matters, said.

We reached out to JCPenney and they had told us they needed some technology for kids with special needs.

It's iPads and software and different buttons that gives the kids the ability to communicate and speak with different ways on the on the on the iPads.

And it's helping them communicate.

So a lot of these kids can't communicate like most of us do.

But we've done several other things for schools through PTA to help local schools.

But this is the first time that we've done something this large to help JCPenney with with these kids like this.

I'm sitting here thinking how we can fulfill the other needs they have.

We are always needing more and just seeing how these students are able to actually independently communicate their wants and needs and learn new skills is amazing.

We are using a lot of picture support and some of our students don't have the visual skills to see the pictures.

So we're able to record messages on the switch and the students are able to access a curriculum with a recorded message and hear that we're able to turn pages, we're able to read different things on the board using our switches so students are able to communicate verbally when they don't have a voice to do so.

What has many plants, Mr. Alfred's garden or Mr. Alfred's.

Going good, do good job.

And then with dynamic display in those apps, our students are able to learn new vocabulary that they never had before, and then they're able to start using that, hopefully in the community and at home.

I'll be honest, I was standing here tearing up.

It's hitting me pretty hard.

You take for granted when you have kids that are able to do everyday activities and then you see these kids that really want to participate and do things and it's man, I tell you, it's it's pretty special.

We've seen a lot of the success stories.

So some students who have never been able to communicate before, they're able to gain those new skills, learn that new vocabulary, and then also we can see it relate into the community.

We have a lot of students that are able to go to the zoo and greet new people, or we work at a coffee shop and they're able to sell coffee and it just gives them a purpose in life that they never had before.

Our parents come in and they say, I never knew my kid could do that, or I never knew my kid liked that.

And parents are now reaching out into community providers as well to get devices for at home or get access for their students.

We're definitely going to stay involved and see what else we can do.

I'd love to see more people get involved.

A lot of times we write the check and trust that the school is going to do their thing.

We don't typically follow up, but they they were gracious enough to have us come out here.

Charlie's Way has a mission of donating $250,000 a month to those who are sick with cancer, to local children's programs, homeless programs and other community based events.