Philando Castile charity wipes out kids' lunch debt in district where he worked

, CNN ^ | Michelle Krupa

[BenLurkin]

That's how Philando Castile, who was killed by a police officer during a 2016 traffic stop, used to help kids who couldn't afford lunch. The school nutrition supervisor would dip into his pocket and pay the bill.

Now a charity run in his name has multiplied his mission by thousands, wiping out the lunch debt of every student at all 56 schools in Minnesota's St. Paul Public Schools, where Castile worked.

"That means that no parent of the 37,000 kids who eat meals at school need worry about how to pay that overdue debt," according to a post at the YouCaring fundraising page Philando Feeds the Children. "Philando is STILL reaching into his pocket, and helping a kid out. One by one."

Pam Fergus, the Metro State University educator who runs the fund with her students, dropped off a check for about $35,000 this week at the school district's office, she told CNN.

[hanamizu]

“That means that no parent of the 37,000 kids who eat meals at school need worry about how to pay that overdue debt,”

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I realize I’m getting older and more cynical. How many of the 37,000 kids “who eat meals at school” are on the free and reduced lunch program? So the government is already picking up all or part of their tab. I suppose there are some grateful reduced/full price lunch kids’ parents who are relieved of the terrible burden of actually having to pay to feed their kids.

[BenLurkin]

At least he taxpayers won’t be on the hook for it.

[riverrunner]

Don’t worry the government well find a way to spend any extra that this causes.

[lee martell]

Watch and see. In the future, this sort of funding will be used to pay for
birth control, and ‘gender-correction-therapies’ not covered under the parental insurance policies.

Such is the nature of these fund raisers. Lest we forget, Philandro was no angel.

[bkopto]

This is a nice story making lemonade out of lemons.