Worth Sharing

WS

Stories That Matter

Indianapolis Man "Pays it Forward" in School Cafeteria

Indianapolis Man "Pays it Forward" in School Cafeteria
Ryan Cox has been paying for the order behind him in the drive-thru line at Starbucks for some time now. But this time he paid it forward for children at a local elementary school whose parents were delinquent on their lunch payments.

Ryan Cox has been paying for the order behind him in the drive-thru line at Starbucks for some time now. A few dollars here. A few dollars there. Each time to secretly make someone's day a little bit better.

This time he came out of hiding to pay it forward for children at a local elementary school whose parents were delinquent on their lunch payments.

Inspired by a friend, Ryan went to Lakeside Elementary with a plan to pay off overdue lunch accounts for families who'd fallen on hard times — not just a few, but for the entire school. He reached out on social media asking people to join him to cover the full amount of $1200. He collected a thousand dollars in a few days.

(WATCH the video below or READ the story from WTHR Indianapolis)

Thanks to Megan Huffman for submitting the link on our Facebook Page!

About author

Be the first to comment

Leave a Comment