What would you do to pay off your kid’s lunch debt? Maybe a few extra hours at work would do the trick. Social programs work, too. Now ask yourself if you’d do the same for someone else’s child. One step father in Arkansas is. In fact, he’s not only showing off his pretty sweet skills with nunchucks, his videos on TikTok are helping pay off student lunch debt. Can you imagine the kind of relief that gives families, especially with the cost of food these days?
“What’s up dudes and ladies. Let’s go do something really cool for my step son’s schools,” says TikToker Comeupstayup, Mark McQuade. In his video, Mark tallies nearly $450 made in less than a week from multiple sources, such as Camoe and donations. “I love you guys so much. I love my page, I love my followers. Thank you guys for being here,” he says.
Mark here does this for the sake of paying off student lunch debt at his step son’s school. Cameo is essentially personalized video from content creators and celebrities alike. Roger Clark, for example, costs $159, while one with Rachel Harris will cost you $2500. Mark’s got one of his own, and surprisingly had money left over from people ordering them. You pay for a personalized video, which yes, will involve his sweet nunchuck skills.
The fact he’s doing this as a “community project” is what’s most touching. It’s good you’re looking out for your own, but other kids need help, too. This is a social problem. It often always requires two or more people, so it’s awesome to see others outside of the community pitch in, too.
“I’m glad the money is going towards the school debt,” exclaimed one commenter.
“I bet the children and parents appreciate you,” said another. I know I would be. Most parents in the U.S. would be sighing a relief.
“I had to pay for my kids lunch and sometimes struggled to do so,” one commenter stated, and thanked Mark for his work. There’s really no reason kids should be paying for lunches in school. If they have to go to school, then the government can pay to feed them good food.
With the goal being $1000, which is a good bit, I don’t think Mark’s going to have a problem reaching that goal. And it’s OK if he doesn’t—even make $50 doing this would’ve been a success. If you don’t know where to start, donating food to your local food bank is a great first start (and will probably clean out cabinets, too). Just make sure the expiration date is good.
