You’d be hard pressed to find a teacher that doesn’t spend from her own money to better facilitate the needs of her students. But a donation of $150,000 is well beyond the norm:
One thing’s for sure: Nikki Bollerman believes in her school and the kids who go there. How else to explain Bollerman, 26, giving a $150,000 windfall to the Boston area public charter school where she teaches third grade?
The story comes to us from member station WBUR, which reports that Bollerman’s generosity got the attention of Mayor Marty Walsh, who met with her and some of her students Monday.
“I want to thank Nikki for your kindness and your humility, and you are certainly a shining example of great things to the city of Boston,” Walsh said. “We are grateful for your hard work and generosity. You have inspired lots of people with your selfless act.”
According to WBUR’s Fred Bever, Bollerman was awarded the money after she entered an online contest that called for entrants to make a wish for other people.
“My #WishForOthers is that my vivacious, loving third-grade scholars all took a book home with them over December break,” Bollerman said.
Her entry won three books for her students at UP Academy Dorchester, a 1-year-old school that bills itself as “a tuition-free Boston public school currently serving students in grades K1-5.”
As part of the contest, Bollerman was filmed giving out the books to her students.
“I tried not to cry,” she said. “I really just wanted them to have books of their own.”
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