Governor Otter is asking a favor of us . . .

(And it will help an Idaho teacher and school, too)

November 21, 2014

From the desk of Butch Otter Idaho Governor One of Idaho's very own teachers is in the final leg of an extremely competitive grant competition, and could use the support of everyone in our great state! Melissa Hunt, a teacher at Stoddard Elementary School in Blackfoot, Idaho, was selected as one of 15 finalists in the Farmers Insurance Thank a Million Teachers Dream Big Challenge. As a finalist, this puts her in the running for one of five $100,000 "Dream Big" grants from Farmers Insurance. I am incredibly proud of teacher Melissa Hunt for her dedication to Idaho's students, and I want to encourage everyone to vote for her grant proposal in Farmers Insurance's Thank a Million Teachers program's Dream Big Challenge. If she wins, Melissa will bring $100,000 into her school to transform Stoddard Elementary into a state-of-the-art learning environment for students there. She has worked incredibly hard to make it to this point in the competition, and is planning on doing great things with the grant prize. Beginning on October 1, anyone can vote for any of the 15 proposals, but a person can vote for the same proposal only once per day. To view Ms. Hunt's proposal and those of the other 14 finalists, and to cast your vote for your favorite proposal, visit www.ThankAMillionTeachers.com   Voting will continue through midnight, November 30, 2014.  Please take a moment to see the video that Ms. Hunt put together with her students and go vote for her in this competition!