Moment billionaire surprises students with $1,000 cash each at graduation
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- Опубликовано: 26 май 2023
- Students were left gobsmacked after a billionaire announced that he was gifting them with $1,000 (£811) each at their graduation ceremony.
Rob Hale, co-owner of the Boston Celtics basketball team, gave 2,500 UMass Boston graduates the cash before they crossed the stage on Thursday (25 May).
Each student was given two envelopes, one with $500 as a gift and a second envelope with the remaining money to donate to a person or organisation in need.
"For us the greatest joys we've had in our life has been the gift of giving," the Granite Telecommunications CEO said.
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That should cover 2 weeks of food lol
Money can be exchanged for goods and services
This is what happens the one day you miss school.
He needs to read the rich man's tale in the Holy Bible.
Only in America, god bless!
Another participation trophy but it was worth it to The graduates making up having to listen to a boring speech
He's only got 1000 million but here's a little 1k.
1k for each one of them lol
Discrimination. Would he do that in Africa?
Why would he do that in Africa when he lives in America?
@@siddhestroy Exactly.
So jealous. My Gender Studies Degree is taking far longer to pay off than I had anticipated. Still, I’m being promoted to Fries in 2 weeks, so there’s that…