Here is a beautiful way to remember someone. Philando Castile was an African-American school nutrition supervisor who was killed by a police officer in 2016. A charity that was set up in his honor recently announced that they have paid off the lunch debt for all students in the school district where Castile worked. That’s 37,000 kids in the Minnesota St. Paul Public Schools who had their lunches paid for.
CNN has reported on the $35,000 donation, this covers families who have debt as high as $1000. The campaign has raised $110,000 so far and they hope at some point to help children all across Minnesota.
Castile was known for using his own money to help students to cover the cost of their lunches when they couldn’t afford to do so; this move is a touching way to honor his memory.