8-year-old presents school with $4K check after making keychains to pay off classmates' lunch debts.
Keoni Ching, 8, raised more than $4,000 by making kindness keychains.Keoni's mom, April Ching, said it surprised her when her son brought up his own experience with an overdrawn lunch balance.
Keoni started making key chains last December -- with the help of his dad, younger brother and grandparents -- and has made more than 300 to date, according to Ching.Keoni Ching, 8, makes kindness keychains for his school lunch debt project."I can’t even tell you how generous people have been," she said."One gentleman [whom the family did not know] donated $1,000."
Keoni presented his principal Woody Howard with the $4,015 check during the elementary school's kindness week. Keoni Ching presents a check to Benjamin Franklin Elementary School principal Woody Howard in Vancouver, Washington.Keoni's school will receive $1,000 of the total amount and the rest will be distributed to six schools in the district to help pay off their lunch debts, according to Howard.
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