A California attorney and Navy veteran has pledged to pay for 26 kindergartners to go to college.
According to a story on CNN Money, Marty Burbank, is pledging to fund each student's tuition for two years at community college and two years at a California state school -- or the equivalent if they want to go somewhere else. The students just have to draw a picture or write an essay each year about what going to college will mean for them and their families.
Burbank was planning to use the money to buy a new boat when his pastor's sermon one Sunday about charity changed his mind.
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At the time of the Burbank's announcement, the students were decked out in Indiana University sweatshirts, their teacher's alma mater.
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