Adam Dahl never expected his goofy TikTok videos would help feed thousands of students, but the owner of Dahlhus Fudge in Lexington has turned social media success into a mission to eliminate school lunch debt for Fayette County Public School students.
What started as a modest $13,000 fundraising goal has grown into something much bigger. Dahl is now one-third of the way toward raising $60,000 this school year — enough to pay down or eliminate the district’s entire lunch debt.
“I just dance around my shop,” Dahl said. “Literally it’s me just hanging out being goofy, making fudge, but people will sit for a minute to make sure TikTok pays me so I can do it. It blows me away people think I’m that interesting, or want to follow the cause.”…