- Our next guest is a hard-working third grade teacher
who just won $150,000, but what she did with that money
got her an invitation to my show.
From Boston, Massachusetts,
please welcome the amazing Nicole Bollerman.
Well, you're just an amazing woman.
First of all, I love teachers anyway.
It's a very important and underpaid position.
[cheers and applause]
So how did you make the $150,000?
- First, can I just say, I'm so excited to be here.
And thank you so much... - Oh, you're welcome.
- For having me. - You're welcome.
- And you're just such an amazing person.
- You're amazing. You're the amazing one.
- So I entered a Capital One Facebook contest
called \#WishForOthers, and I made a wish
that my third grade adorable kids
could have a book to take home with them
over December break.
And I ended up winning $150,000.
- Right. So you win--
[cheers and applause]
What did you do with that money?
- I donated it back to my school.
- You gave all the money back to your school?
- Yeah.
[cheers and applause]
- I mean, you're struggling to pay your own bills,
and you didn't keep a little bit of it.
You gave it all to the school.
- No. My kids are just amazing.
You know, 90% of our kids are low-income.
Some of them are homeless.
They just have such challenges and adversity,
and they deserve so much.
And this is just, like,
a little bit of what I could give them.
- So then you have a kid in your class,
and he's looking out the window all the time.
And you say, "What are you doing?"
He's looking at birds
because it makes him feel peaceful.
- So I went and got him a bird-watching book for kids.
And his grandmother called me and said that
this was probably the only thing he'd get for Christmas.
So... - So then you...
- So my mom and I went to Target
and made sure that he had--
he and his sister had something to open.
'Cause every kid deserves to open presents on Christmas.
- Yep, they do.
[cheers and applause]
You are a saint.
- It feels good to be you, giving away--
- Yeah, it feels good to help people.
It really does.
We have another surprise.
Look where Jeannie is right now.
Look at this. Watch.
- Hi!
[kids cheering]
- Those are my kids.
- Hi, everybody.
How's everybody doing there, Jeannie?
- We are doing so great.
Miss Bollerman, these students love you so, so much.
- All right.
Does the girl in the front row have a question?
Is that--
[laughter]
Is she just giving a shout-out?
All right.
Well, we love this school, and so do our friends at Target.
For years, Target has been committed--
they've been giving $1 billion towards education so far.
They know it's important for kids
to have the right school supplies,
so Target is giving 700 backpacks
filled with school supplies to each student at UP Academy.
[cheers and applause]
- That is amazing.
- Also--also, Jeannie,
every student is also gonna get a $100 Target gift card.
Make sure they know that.
[cheers and applause]
How many teachers are there?
- There are 70 teachers.
- 70 teachers? - Yes.
- Well, we have learned that the average teacher
spends at least $500 out of their own pockets
on their classrooms, right?
And that's just for supplies every year.
That's without going above and beyond like you do.
So Target is--
first of all, Target is being amazing.
Everything--when they heard about this situation,
they jumped in.
Target is giving each teacher at UP Academy
a $500 Target gift card.
[cheers and applause]
Thanks, Target.
All right, I wanted to give you something too.
You love Skittles, don't you?
- I do love-- - You love Skittles.
- I don't drink coffee, but I eat Skittles.
- I see. Right.
Well, I don't know if that's helping you.
[laughter] Let's go over here.
I have a gift for you.
If you love Skittles...
[cheers and applause]
I don't know how long they stay fresh,
but that is an aquarium full of Skittles.
And in that Skittles,
we also have for you
$25,000.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you.
- That's from our friends at Target.
That's for you being an amazing woman.
- Thank you. - Thank you, Target.
To learn more about Target's support of education,
go to our website.
We'll be back.
[cheers and applause]