School Lunch Lady Fired For Giving Food To Hungry 12-Year-Old Student
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Darlene Bowden did what any of us would have done had we been in a similar situation: She fed a hungry child who didn’t have enough money to pay for a school lunch. And now she’s unemployed due to her act of kindness and compassion.
Bowden was employed as a cafeteria worker at Pocatello Middle School in Idaho. One day a child came through the lunch line and said she didn’t have the $1.70 for the daily meal. So Bowden gave the child a meal for free. When this was discovered, she was placed on unpaid leave even though she offered to reimburse the school for the cost of the meal. Shecommented:
This just breaks my heart. I was in the wrong, but what do you do when the kid tells you that they’re hungry, and they don’t have any money? I handed her the tray….READ MORE at LiberalAmerica
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