#SchoolLunchDebt shouldn't even be a thing!

I Randomly Decided To Pay Off A School’s Lunch Debt. Then Something Incredible Happened. — BuzzFeed “I immediately wondered if this was real.”

I Randomly Decided To Pay Off A #SchoolLunchDebt

Last year we helped secure passage of #HB100 in #Utah making reduced-price (lunch) children eligible for free lunch & prohibits schools from engaging in lunch-shaming practices.

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School Lunch Debt 🧵

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Hawaii: School lunch debt can block graduation or withhold diplomas for unpaid meal debt. Hawaii Board of Education (Honolulu) oversees this humiliation. State leaders: Gov. Josh Green Sen. Mazie Hirono ( maziehirono.bsky.social ). #SchoolLunchDebt

Minnesota’s Richfield Public Schools www.richfieldschools.org barred grads over lunch debt. School board (Richfield): Chair Tim Wagner. State leaders: Gov. Tim Walz (timwalz.bsky.social), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (amyklobuchar.bsky.social). #SchoolLunchDebt

School Lunch Debt 🧵

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Hawaii: School lunch debt can block graduation or withhold diplomas for unpaid meal debt. Hawaii Board of Education (Honolulu) oversees this humiliation. State leaders: Gov. Josh Green Sen. Mazie Hirono ( maziehirono.bsky.social ). #SchoolLunchDebt

End School Lunch Debt All for Lunch is a 501c3 nonprofit on a mission to eliminate school lunch debt for children in schools throughout the United States.

THREAD | Looks promising but has no BBB or Charity Navigator rating.
#schoollunchdebt #schools
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I Paid Off A School's Lunch Debt. Then Strangers On The Internet Did Something Truly Stunning. This is proof that strangers can decide, together, to make things better.

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kottke.org (@kottke@mastodon.social) I Randomly Decided To Pay Off A School’s Lunch Debt. Then Something Incredible Happened. “Within a week, I’d raised $6,000. Within a month, $10,000.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/utah-school-lunch-debt-relief-free-student-meals_n_681258fbe4b03207b5ba49fa

This is a more nuanced — and better — article than the headline can convey. #SchoolLunchDebt
https://mastodon.social/@kottke/114773875880018174

I Randomly Decided To Pay Off A School’s Lunch Debt. Then Something Incredible Happened. “I immediately wondered if this was real.”

Instead of yanking away the kid's regular cafeteria lunch and replacing it with a sandwich, why don't they just give them the regular lunch? Why humiliate grade school kids?
#SchoolLunchDebt #FeedTheChildren #USPolitics
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SC bill targets school meal debt, aims for more accessible free lunches A federal program covers the cost of free and reduced lunches for qualifying students, but lawmakers want to push districts to opt-in.

Just one of those things that government can do even if it’s a bit late in the doing. A story out of SC. But no mention what happens under a crippled DOE #SchoolLunchDebt www.wltx.com/article/news...

Legislature proposes allocation of $2.2M to eliminate school lunch debts Bill aims to distribute remaining funds to schools struggling with unpaid meal fees.

A new bill in North Dakota aims to tackle school lunch debt by redistributing $2.2 million in unspent funds, ensuring no child goes hungry due to unpaid meal fees.

Learn more here!

#ND #NorthDakotaSchools #SchoolLunchDebt #CitizenPortal #ChildNutrition

#feedkids #community #loveyourneighbor TikTok video by Lomax the Lorax

It says a lot about a person's character when they selflessly give back to their community. It's absolutely mind blowing that in 2025 school lunch debt is a thing? Food is a basic right & food scarcity should not be a thing; especially in America! #feedkids #lunchdebt #schoollunchdebt

Goffstown Turns Down Gift and Sues Families Over Lunch Debt Instead After rejecting a church's offer to pay off all student lunch debt, Goffstown's business administrator is taking families to court.

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Making the CHOICE to do the right thing too often only happens in full day light. patch.com/new-hampshir...