Post by Okwes on Dec 21, 2006 11:42:42 GMT -5
Mich. man donates $1M to Mont. Indian school
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BROWNING, Mont. - A Michigan man dedicated to helping American Indians
receive a quality education is donating $1 million to a private school.
"You sit around and think, 'What would I do with a million dollars,'
then when it actually happens you think 'Now what?'" said Brother Paul
Ackerman, who runs De La Salle Blackfeet School. The private, Roman
Catholic school started in 2001 and has 53 students in fifth through
eighth grade. It is open to students of any religion.
Edmund Bott, 93, who is living in an assisted-living facility in
Wyandotte never has visited the school or Browning. His interest in
helping American Indians led him to pay for the college educations of 13
students.
But he noticed that many of those students struggled as freshmen, so he
decided to invest in younger students.
Bott decided to give $1 million in stock to the Browning school. After
ironing out the financial details, the school received it this month.
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BROWNING, Mont. - A Michigan man dedicated to helping American Indians
receive a quality education is donating $1 million to a private school.
"You sit around and think, 'What would I do with a million dollars,'
then when it actually happens you think 'Now what?'" said Brother Paul
Ackerman, who runs De La Salle Blackfeet School. The private, Roman
Catholic school started in 2001 and has 53 students in fifth through
eighth grade. It is open to students of any religion.
Edmund Bott, 93, who is living in an assisted-living facility in
Wyandotte never has visited the school or Browning. His interest in
helping American Indians led him to pay for the college educations of 13
students.
But he noticed that many of those students struggled as freshmen, so he
decided to invest in younger students.
Bott decided to give $1 million in stock to the Browning school. After
ironing out the financial details, the school received it this month.