An 8-year-old pays off the lunch debt for his entire school by selling key chains

[tenderfoot]

This is supposed to warm our hearts but no other developed nation on the planet makes kids have to do this just to eat.



An 8-year-old boy paid off the lunch debt for his entire school by selling key chains

(CNN)You may have heard of celebrities or multibillion-dollar companies donating money to cover students' lunch debt. But Keoni Ching from Vancouver, Washington, is just your normal 8-year-old who wanted to help his schoolmates.

With his handmade key chains that go for $5 each, Keoni raised $4,015 to erase the lunch debt of students from his school and six others.



https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/04/us/boy-pays-off-lunch-debt-trnd/index.html

[Arkansas Granny]

1. What a wonderful kid. His parents have done a good job with his raising.

[Zolorp]

2. That is NOT a "feel good story"

That is documented evidence of a crisis.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. He never should have had to do this.

[jberryhill]

4. Next up...

Disney Sues Kid For Unauthorized Merchandise...

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

5. Feeding the kids should be figured into the school budget

and paid for by tax payers. It's not like eating is optional for the kids. In our school district the breakfast/lunch is included (no additional expense) because so many of the families qualify for free or reduced lunch.

[Luciferous]

6. Very sweet of him, but why can't we provide free lunches for our children?!

[Generic Other]

7. THis makes me cry

I live in Washington state. We adults should hang our heads in shame.

[SharonClark]

8. Good kid.

In my local school district, 75% of the kids qualify for free lunch and the summer meals program provides lunch for any kid under 18 at 21 parks in the city. It's sad that their parents, for whatever reason, can't provide for them because they surely want to.

[lame54]

9. Amazing kid - terrible circumstances