This CEO Donated $77,000 So Kids Don’t Have To Eat Jelly Sandwiches For Lunch

Parenting May 16, 2019

These Kids Are Only Getting Sun Butter And Jelly Sandwiches

According to the Warwick Public School District, “If money is owed on a paid, free, or reduced lunch account a sun butter and jelly sandwich will be given as the lunch choice until the balance owed is paid in full or a payment plan is set up through the food service office.”

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Photo Credit: Kathryn Scott Osler/The Denver Post/Getty Images
Photo Credit: Kathryn Scott Osler/The Denver Post/Getty Images

This ruling had a direct effect on nearly 9000 children. While Rhode Island schools are required by law to offer students a meal, the quality of the meal has taken a hit because of the money owed. Luckily, one man jumped in to help.