( CNN ) -- The upstate New York school bus monitor who received hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations after a video of her being harassed by students went viral has decided to use some of the proceeds to start her own anti-bullying foundation . Now retired , Karen Klein , 68 , has decided to start her own campaign , called the Karen Klein Anti-Bullying Foundation , on the website giveback.org . `` This is for education , for people who have been bullied , '' Klein told CNN affiliate WROC . Klein was working as a middle school bus monitor when four students berated her with a stream of profanity , insults , jeers and physical ridicule . Students suspended for a year . The verbal abuse continued unabated for about 10 minutes while another student filmed the altercation on a cell phone camera . The video posted to YouTube on June 19 , where it received more than 8 million views , showed giggling students from the upstate New York community of Greece heaping insults onto her and jabbing her with a book . The grandmother of eight sits quietly , weeping at one point . An outpouring of support for Klein resulted in a crowd-funding campaign on indiegogo.com , with an initial goal of $ 5,000 to send the weary bus monitor on vacation . Emotional reaction to bus monitor harassment . The campaign officially closed in late July , having raised more than $ 700,000 in donations from more than 32,000 people around the world . Klein 's daughter and administrator for the new anti-bullying foundation , Amanda , told CNN that her mother took home about $ 650,000 and will be donating $ 100,000 to her organization . The Klein Anti-Bullying Foundation will provide funding to various organizations and charities for anti-bullying causes . `` This is always something she 's wanted to do , '' Amanda said . The foundation officially kicks off in October when Klein and others start a weekly anti-bullying tour . According to Amanda , Miss Teen USA Logan West and Miss Universe Leila Lopes of Angola plan to be involved . `` The goal of the anti-bullying campaign is to help teach kids and teens about being kind , friendly and playing nicely with others , '' Klein says in a video on the foundation 's website . `` Because of my own personal bullying story , I 've now decided to become an advocate of change . ''
Karen Klein , 68 , has decided to start her own campaign to battle bullying . The mother of two children said she was bullied in school and that the bullies would call her a "bitch" or tell other kids they were going to kill her. Klein received more than $ 700,000 in donations ; she 's using $ 100,000 of that for her cause .