A metro Atlanta school district’s student lunch debt has been wiped out thanks to donations raised by the community and a corporate foundation grant.
Channel 2 Action News told you Tuesday about City Schools of Decatur’s plan to offer cheese sandwiches and milk to any student with unpaid lunch balances to bring down nearly $90,000 debt balance districtwide.
“No child deserves that,” mother Jasmine Crowe-Houston told Channel 2′s Audrey Washington.
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The Decatur community got to work and rallied behind the students. A GoFundMe created by Crowe-Houston raised $85,000 . Perimeter Roofing Company made an offer to donate $60,000.
But on Thursday, City Schools of Decatur confirmed with Channel 2 Action News that a donation from the Arby’s Foundation was enough to eliminate the district’s lunch debt.
“City Schools of Decatur is grateful for the overwhelming support we have received from the greater Atlanta community. Our doors remain open for ongoing collaboration. However, we are delighted to confirm the $88k lunch debt has been eliminated thanks to the generosity of a corporate foundation grant. All past balances have been forgiven,” the district wrote in a statement.