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Fifth-grader raises $7,300 to pay off his entire school’s lunch debt
An 11-year-old fifth-grader has raised $7,300 to pay off his entire elementary school’s lunch debt, and now has his very own award named after him.Daken Kramer raised twice the amount of money needed for the lunch debt at Thomas Ultican Elementary School in Blue Springs, Missouri through an online fundraiser. Daken’s original goal was $3,500, a little more than the total outstanding, but within a month, he more than doubled his goal.Daken said that he wanted to show “gratitude” to his school, and donated the leftover funds to Blue Springs High School for its own lunch money deficit.“Children in elementary...
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