"Crumbs of Comfort" has now garnered 11,000 page views, including readers in Russia, China, Israel and India. Today's crumb comes from Australia, where 32-year-old Bri Dredge recently appeared on the TV show "Millionaire Hot Seat," a spin-off of the American program "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" Dredge teaches at Youille Park Community College, which, despite its name, is really a K-8 primary school in Ballarat, Victoria. Boys and girls in Ballarat endure long, cold winters, and after winning about $15,000 (US) on the program, she vowed to buy new leather shoes for every child in her school -- all 200 of them.
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She believes having dry, warm feet will help the students learn better, and apparently they agree. "I walked into school and every student in the whole school has given me a hug and said thank you," she said. "The look on their faces was worth all the money that I won."
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