11-Year-Old Kearns Student Raises $2,100 to Pay Off His School's Lunch Debt

11-year-old Kearns student raises $2,100 to pay off his school's lunch debt

Earlier this year, 11-year-old Liam Whitney decided he wanted to help people in need.With a mission in mind, the fifth grader at Entheos Expeditionary Learning in Kearns took it upon himself to raise money in his neighborhood to help families struggling with lunch debt.Liam also reached out to the Utah Lunch Debt Relief Foundation, and on Friday, through his own efforts and some help from the foundation, he presented his school with a check for …

Fifth grader helps pay off school lunch debt at Kearns charter school

School lunch debt in Utah is expected to surpass $4 million this year, according to the founder of a nonprofit working to pay off meal balances for students acr