COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — The Johnstown, Ohio, community is helping raise money to eliminate over $1,000 in unpaid school lunch balances.
In a release sent Friday morning, the initiative aims to raise enough money for balances across the school district by Thanksgiving.
The efforts to raise money for these children are also to help establish a “Lunch Love Fund,” which would work to “quietly support students who fall behind on lunch payments during the year, preventing lunch debt and lunch shaming,” the release said.
Organized by Amanda Knicely, Knicely states that she is coordinating directly with district food services to ensure all payments are made transparently.
To this date, more than $1,160 has been raised. Those who want to donate…