California Kindergarten student sells cookies and hot cocoa to pay off classmates' lunch debt

VISTA, Calif. - A 5-year-old girl's act of kindness helped clear the overdue lunch balances over 100 of her fellow classmates in Southern California.

When Katelynn Hardee heard that some students were struggling to pay off their lunch debt at her elementary school, she decided she wanted to find a way to help.

That's when Katelynn came up with a plan.

"I can give money to the lunch people so they'll have money," she said. "So they can lunch and snack."

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