A Special Boston Area Teacher

Nikki Bollerman and some of her students posing with Mayor Marty Walsh.

This year when Capital One held its #WishForOthers contest, Nikki Bollerman, a young teacher at the UP ACADEMY in Dorchester, MA, decided to participate. She posted, "My #WishForOthers is that my vivacious, loving third-grade scholars all took a book home with them over December break."

Capital One decided to grant her wish and each of her students received three books to take home. In addition, Ms. Bollerman was awarded one of the grand prizes of $150,000. Now, anyone who knows about teachers and their salaries would be the first to say that she deserved to take her winnings home with her. But that didn't happen.



Ms. Bollerman turned around, and without thinking twice, donated the money back to her school to benefit the students. She reasoned it this way, "To me, there was no other real option. I mean, I wished it for the kids. Where else would it go, other than them? As you can see they are so wonderful, and I just wanted it to go to them."

Such a generous gift, however, did not go unnoticed and without deep thanks. This past Monday, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh honored Nikki Bollerman for her generosity with an official thank you and an appearance at City Hall. Naturally, she couldn't appear without her students joining her. It's bound to be one of those life lessons that her students will remember for a lifetime.

Nikki Bollerman with her students in their classroom.

Thanks to this article from WBUR: http://www.wbur.org/2014/12/22/dorchester-teacher-donation.

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