Stephen Colbert Flash Funds 800 Teacher Projects in South Carolina

From Daily Kos:
Comedian Stephen Colbert announced Thursday that he would fund every existing grant request South Carolina public school teachers have made on the education crowdfunding website DonorsChoose.org. 
Colbert made the announcement on a live video feed Thursday at a surprise event at Alexander Elementary School in Greenville.
Colbert partnered with Share Fair Nation and ScanSource to fund nearly 1,000 projects for more than 800 teachers at over 375 schools, totaling $800,000.
He tells the teachers and kids that he used the funds from the sale of his stage set of The Colbert Report, along with a matching grant, to fund all those projects.  Very classy move.  (He was raised in South Carolina.) 

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