- Alta High student donates $2,500 to the Utah Lunch Debt Relief Foundation.
- David Hafner’s donation helped erase Butler Elementary’s $6,000 lunch debt.
- The foundation aims to eliminate all of Utah’s $2.8 million debt and advocates for policy change.
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS — When an Alta High School student reached out to the Utah Lunch Debt Relief Foundation to donate $2,500 to help relieve students’ school lunch debt, DJ Bracken was in disbelief.
“That was the most incredible thing I’d ever heard,” said Bracken, the nonprofit’s founder and executive director.
High school junior David “Van” Hafner used his savings, combined with funds from the Utah Lunch Debt Relief Foundation, to help pay off Butler Elementary School’s over $6,000 school lunch debt…