Students in four Georgia public school districts will get their lunch debts paid after a $1 million donation from the Arby's Foundation.

Over 7,000 students in Georgia with unpaid lunch balances are getting a helping hand following a $1 million initiative from the Arby’s Foundation, the nonprofit announced Thursday.

  • @[email protected]English
    2•10 months ago

    Waitwaitwait excusmethefuckwhat?

    HOW the hell did USA happen into an idea of putting goddamn KIDS into debt?! I mean, I live in EU. In my country, there were school-run lunches…or rather dinners, anyway. These were paid upfront, once per month, at overall small price (still somewhat pricey, but actual alternative for families that didn’t want to pack sandwiches for their kids.)

    But ALSO! Wtf USA? If lunch is such a problem, why not, dunno, make your child lunch for school at home?

    I cannot wrap my head around this. It’s weird. Too weird.

      • @[email protected]
        2•10 months ago

        Only meal a day…

        You know what, the more I read the more I believe that ya all live in some sort of dysfunctioning dystopia. First thought was “then why won’t they move somewhere cheaper” but I guess in USA it may be not possible, am I right?

        I mean, in what hellish place both parents have to take more than one job just to survive? One of them wpuld be understandable. One struggling with many while other stays at home too. But both? WTF.

        Anyway, thanks for comment, ot was informative if not depressing.