Oklahoma: Newborns Get Higher Education Funding Boost (The Journal Record)
"Raishonta Hudson of Oklahoma City thought it had to be some kind of hoax. Hudson received a package in the mail barely two weeks after giving birth to her son [that] said complete strangers wanted to pay $1,000 toward her baby’s college education," The Journal Record reports. 'Nobody gives you anything for free,' she said, tossing the package aside. 'You always wind up have to pay for something.' A few months later, a representative from the organization making the offer showed up on Hudson’s doorstep."
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