“I was really expecting, best-case scenario, maybe we’d get a couple hundred bucks.”
Seeing the trend on social media where people request donations, Jones took a long shot and posted a video about the plight of students in his school.“I was blown away,” Garrett Jones told- Advertisement -
The program ended in 2022, so students are again facing outstanding lunch fees in the cafeteria line. “I think for middle schoolers, probably the only thing worse than being hungry is being embarrassed,” Garrett Jones said. “Being at the front of the line and hearing they have a balance is likely enough to dissuade some of them from even eating at all.”The TikTok video says he could pay the outstanding lunch fees of each student at his school if 2,673 people sent him $1 via Venmo.The clip garnered 5 million views and the comments were very touching, Jones said.
“Garrett is an example of an educator who is passionate about wholly supporting kids,” said Kimberly Dickerson, a member of the school board and the foundation’s board of directors.“A hungry child cannot learn to their fullest potential, so for Garrett to realize how important it is to relieve the worry of students carrying a negative lunch balance shows enormous compassion,” Dickerson said in an email.
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