Ind. Boy Wins Free Scholarship With Lucky Penny
Last Update: 11/16/2009 6:05 am
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) -- A 7-year-old boy from Terre Haute has won a full college scholarship thanks to a lucky penny.
The Indiana State University Foundation passed out cards with pennies attached to them at a homecoming parade last month. The child who got a lucky blue penny could trade in the card for a free ISU scholarship.
Second-grader Bobby Hetterscheidt says he knew he had the lucky penny as soon as he turned over the card he was handed.
Hetterscheidt would be a member of the incoming college freshman class of 2020 and hopes to be a police officer when he grows up.
The scholarship is estimated to be worth about $40,000.
The ISU Foundation says the lucky penny giveaway was a way to thank people for supporting the school and its new fundraising campaign.
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