Alabama teacher Kent Chambers has been teaching high school math since 1986. When his stimulus check arrived, he used it to pay three of his students' utility bills. "I'm actually in better shape because I'm not having to pay for gas to drive to work, and I'm still getting paid the exact same amount," he says. "There's no need for me to take the money and splurge and do something reckless with the money." As unemployment hits a record high in the United States, 88 million people received stimulus payments in late-April, as part of the historic $2 trillion stimulus package, according to the U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service. Kent isn't the only one thinking of others. Many with gainful employment are giving away their checks. "Just hearing people's stories, it was very apparent to me that I was in a very lucky position and that I shouldn't be treating the check as a windfall, but really as an opportunity to give back to my community," an Ohio attorney said.
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