8-Year-Old Pays Overdue Lunch Accounts For Fellow Students

Cayden Talpalus realized some of his fellow students didn’t have the money to pay up to keep their accounts current, so he raised money to do it himself.

“I just want to make kids have a better lunch,” he told TODAY.com.

It all started two weeks ago, when Cayden came home upset from Challenger Elementary School in Howell, Mich. During lunchtime, his friend had been forced to give up his hot lunch for a cheese sandwich because the overdue balance on his lunch account hadn’t been paid off yet.

“He wanted to know how he could help,” Cayden’s mother Amber Melke-Peters told TODAY.com.

Cayden and his mom came up with a plan to pay off the overdue lunch accounts at his school by returning empty bottles and cans and soliciting donations from friends, family and neighbors. Last Monday, he handed over the fruits of his labor: $64, which paid for around 150 lunches.

By: William

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