Follow-up: Idaho teacher wins contest for $100,000 for her school

December 11, 2014

You may have read a story here at NewsBF recently, where we relayed a request from Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter to help an Idaho teacher win a $100,000 prize for her school. If you missed it, you can read the original NewsBF story by clicking here. We are now posting this follow up story to report that this Idaho teacher, Melissa Hunt, who teaches at Stoddard Elementary School in Blackfoot, was one of the five winners of five $100,000 awards from the Farmers Insurance Thank a Million Teachers Dream Big Challenge. The prize money will go to the school, and will be used according to the plan and project that Ms. Hunt outlined in her contest entry, and as portrayed in the video she submitted as part of her entry. Her video and proposal information are available online at www.ThankAMillionTeachers.com We all know one thing: it's not easy to win $100,000. Congratulations to Ms. Hunt, and to her school, and thanks to all those who helped out by viewing and voting on her winning proposal. We're sure our NewsBF readers and their votes helped out! Governor Otter commented: "Please join me and the First Lady in congratulating Melissa Hunt, Stoddard Elementary, and her students in Blackfoot for achieving this remarkable success."