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How Bus Monitor Karen Klein will spend her newfound fortune

Posted by on 6/25/12 at 9:41 am

Just a week ago, Karen Klein was the subject of the merciless taunts of a bunch if kids.  Now, the 68-year-old is sitting on a fortune of $646,062 (and counting) after a ovewhelming public outpouring of support.

The fundraising fund, which originally had the modest goal of raising $5,000 to send her on a vacation of a lifetime, has surpassed everyone’s expectations.

So what is the Greece Central School District employee going to do with these newfound riches?

“What would anybody do with that much money?” she said during an interview on the “Today” show this morning.

She explained that she planned on investing some, donating some to charity and helping out her family.

“I keep thinking, ‘What have I done?’” she said. “It’s like I almost don’t feel like I deserve it.”

It would be interesting to find out if any of the bullies families contributed to the fund…..

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Students FINALLY apologise for bullying bus monitor Karen Klein as “vacation fund” reaches more than $472,000

Posted by on 6/22/12 at 9:12 am

Three of the students who taunted and teased bus monitor Karen Klein have issued statements apologising. While one boy’s father actually confronted the 68-year-old and issued his own personal apology for his son’s atrocious behavior.

“I am so sorry for the way I treated you,” one of the students, identified only as “Josh,” said in a statement issued by police Thursday to Anderson Cooper 360. “When I saw the video I was disgusted and could not believe I did that. I am sorry for being so mean and I will never treat anyone this way again.”

Another student, identified as “Wesley,” also issued an apology, writing: “I feel really bad about what I did. I wish I had never done those things. If that had happened to someone in my family, like my mother or grandmother, I would be really mad at the people who did that to them.”

The boys are said have received death threats following the video going viral and amassing an extraordinary 3.9 million hits as of 10am Friday.

The public outrage over the incident has also seen an overwhelming support for Klein and her “vacation fund”, which was set up by a family friend in the hopes of raising a modest $5,000.

As of this morning, the donations are currently at $472,000 and growing by the minute.

Here is one of the boy’s father’s apologising to Klein.

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If you want to contribute to give Klein the vacation of a lifetime, click here.

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Totally Tuned In: Join in the bid to help Karen Klein get a vacation

Posted by on 6/21/12 at 1:00 pm

This video is sweeping the web and is the talk of social media today.
In case you don’t know the back story, Karen Klein is a 68-year-old bus monitor who was being verbally harassed by a group of middle schoolers on their way home from Athena Middle School in Greece, New York.
Throughout the ten minute video, you can hear the kids verbally berate the woman, calling her a bitch, fatass, poor, ugly, and various other words of the like. At one point in the video, you can hear one of the kids yell, “You’re so fuckin poor you fat ass,” in which Karen responds, “I try to live by some of these words, I try and it’s really hard,” referring to the words on her purse. Now, I don’t know about you, but that broke my fucking heart. There’s even a point in the video where one of the kids touches Karen’s arm in an attempt to make fun of her. The middle school students teased, taunted and threatened the 68-year-old school bus monitor.

The incident was caught on video, posted on YouTube, and instantly went viral -outraging viewers.

A family friend started a fund to send Klein, who earns $15,506 a year, on vacation. The original goal was to raise $5,000. But as word spread online, the fund exploded. So far, it’s raised more over $ 218,000 and is still growing.

And it’s not too late to help. If you want to contribute to give Klein the vacation of a lifetime, click here.

And this is the video that sparked outrage….

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