DIXON – Dixon’s St. Paul and Immanuel Lutheran churches raised a total of $2,430 to help pay off Dixon Public Schools’ student lunch debt through two fundraisers led by the youth ministry, Gerad Von Holten, praise band director at St. Paul, told Shaw Local.
In December, the total debt – stemming from unpaid student lunch fees – stood at about $9,625, which is when Destiny McElhinney, a mom of a third grader at Jefferson Elementary, began fundraising to pay it off. She was quickly joined by Brett Nicklaus of the nonprofit organization Trinity Cares, who created the campaign “Nourish to flourish,” and by Dec. 24, the debt was paid at two schools.
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