Teen’s Efforts Eliminates Half Of Lake Belton High School’s Lunch Debt

It's a sad part of life, but sometimes people get into debt. It's not a good situation, especially when it involves young adults. For one school in the city of Belton, Texas, lunch debt was affected in a major way, thanks to one person who was a student in the school.

Lake Belton High School And Its School's Lunch Debt

For some students in Lake Belton High School, school lunch is either brought or bought. Sometimes, a student can go into debt when getting the food. At times it might be difficult to repay it as well.

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One student from the school, Taylor Rogers, saw opportunity to make a change. To fulfill a community service requirement in a foreign exchange scholarship program, Taylor began a big quest. His goal was to eliminate school lunch debt. But where would he get the money?

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To do that, he did some literal legwork.

Taylor Goes Door To Door To Lower The Lake Belton High School Lunch Debt

Per KCEN, Taylor set out to rise money by knocking on doors in the area. He told KCEN:

There was anxiety at first knocking on strangers’ doors, but once I got past the first house, it felt easier. I really went into it wanting to improve my communication and leadership skills, and I was more excited for the opportunity than worried about what people might think.”

In the end, his hard work paid off, raising a total of $1,627. This amount of money good enough to knock out half of the school's lunch debt, totaled at 54%. Nice job Taylor!