Inspired by a sermon at church, attorney Marty Burbank and his wife gave up their dream of buying a boat and decided to put an entire elementary school class through college, instead.
Twenty-six kindergarten students at Rio Vista Elementary School in Anaheim, California all will receive two years of community college and two years at a state university, thanks to Burbank and his wife.
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“(Putting) these kids through school seems like a much better investment,” Mr. Burbank told KTTV news.
All of the children are in classes to learn English as a second language, and their parents are overjoyed.
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Both of the philanthropists were the first in their families to go to college. They say it will cost them about one million dollars for them to help these children to do the same.
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