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A family won $54M in the lottery, then quietly paid their town’s school lunch bill for 16 years
After winning €50 million on the EuroMillions lottery in 2009, an anonymous family in Saint-Michel, France, spent 16 years quietly funding their town.
Ce qu'il faut retenir
- An anonymous family won €50 million on the EuroMillions lottery in 2009 and donated to local housing and a nursing home.
- The family covered about $86,000 a year in school cafeteria costs starting in 2010, representing 20% of the town's annual budget at the time.
- For 2026, the $86,000 donation is being redirected to school building upgrades, including acoustics and air conditioning.
- Nobody in the town of Saint-Michel knows the identity of the donor family.
After winning €50 million on the EuroMillions lottery in 2009, an anonymous family in Saint-Michel, France, spent 16 years quietly funding their town. Starting in 2010, they covered the local school's cafeteria costs of about $86,000 a year to provide free meals for 180 students, alongside funding local housing and clearing a nursing home's debt. For 2026, the annual $86,000 donation is being redirected to fund school building upgrades like air conditioning and soundproofing, while families transition to paying a subsidized rate for meals. The family's identity remains completely unknown to the local community.
The ongoing anonymous donations have funded critical community infrastructure and student meals for over a decade.
Leurs propres mots
“has now translated into a capital investment, addressing the reality that our schools no longer meet current standards regarding acoustics, air conditioning, or, at the very least, summer comfort.”
“I explained to my children the beauty of your gesture and the fact that such generosity is the mark of people with huge hearts”
Les chiffres clés
- €50M
- EuroMillions lottery jackpot won by the family
- €400,000
- Donated to housing scheme and nursing home debt
- $86,000
- Annual school cafeteria and building donation
- 180
- Students receiving free meals from the donation
- 20%
- Share of the town's annual budget the donation represented
Le fil des événements
- Family wins €50 million on the EuroMillions lottery
- Family begins covering local school cafeteria costs
- Donation redirected to school building upgrades like air conditioning
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