Navy Veteran In Anaheim Vows To Put Entire Class Of Kids Through College

ANAHEIM (CBSLA.com) — Affording college might not be such a pipe dream for a class of kindergarteners at Rio Vista School.

The class of 2032 will get help from a good Samaritan who promised to put all 26 of them through higher education.

U.S. Navy veteran and Orange County attorney Marty Burbank decided he wanted to help.

It was a choice of four years of college plus books for every child in the class or spend the $1 million on a new boat for himself.

"About that week, my pastor ... gave a sermon, and he was talking about charity and sacrifice and giving, and all of a sudden, buying a boat seemed like a very selfish thing," Burbank said.

The children in the class will be the first in their families to attend college.

"I just can't thank you enough," a tearful teacher Tesse Ashton said. "You've removed a roadblock and made a future different for them."

All Burbank asks is that the children of the class of 2032 draw a picture or write an essay to him each year describing what college means to them.