This high school math teacher used $600 from his stimulus check to pay the utility bills for three of his students. And he's donating $600 to the burn care center at Shriners Hospital for Children -- Cincinnati.
Chambers has taught math at Bob Jones High School in Madison, Alabama, since 1986 and said he knows some of his students are struggling."I'm actually in better shape because I'm not having to pay for gas to drive to work and I'm still getting paid exact same amount," he said."There's no need for me to take the money and splurge and do something reckless with the money. Let's help somebody that really needs it.
Software engineer Kevin Chieppo said he donated $900 from his payment to Direct Relief and gave the rest to a grassroots Massachusetts fund that supports groups that help the homeless, undocumented workers, low-income renters and other at-risk communities."I'm working and there's a lot of people that are filing for unemployment now and I sympathize with that. You know, I've been unemployed before and it's not easy. it's not an easy time for anybody," he said.
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