The Arby’s Foundation, the charitable arm of the fast-food roast beef connoisseur, is committing $1 million to wipe out school lunch debt for tens of thousands of students across the U.S., the nonprofit recently announced.
A good chunk of the donations will eliminate the lunch debt burden for nearly 7,500 students in Georgia, including those at City of Decatur schools, which recently faced criticism after the district said it planned to give a cheese sandwich and milk instead of a regular lunch to students with more than three charged lunches.
The school district told ABC News it will roll back that plan since it received the generous donation.
Other metro Atlanta school districts that immediately had the lunch debt cleared were Cobb County School District, Henry County School District and Fulton County School District, according to the nonprofit. Inspire Brands, Arby’s parent company, is based in Georgia.
The remaining amount of the charitable organization’s $1 million donation, about $800,000, will be distributed among 762 schools nationwide to help over 47,000 students, the Arby’s Foundation said.