Kind Math Teacher Gives Away COVID-19 Stimulus Check to Pay for Needy Students’ Utility Bills

Kind Math Teacher Gives Away COVID-19 Stimulus Check to Pay for Needy Students’ Utility Bills
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A math teacher and his wife are inspiring community spirit after donating their COVID-19 stimulus checks to people who need the money more than they do.

Kent Chambers has taught math at Bob Jones High School in Madison, Alabama, for 34 years. His job, unlike millions of others, has remained safeguarded during the pandemic thus far. Knowing that some of his less privileged students’ families have not been so lucky, though, Chambers decided to help out.