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Inmates Donate $4,267 to Clear Norton School Lunch Debt

9/4/2026

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Inmates at Norton Correctional Facility donated $4,267 to Norton Community Schools.
The donation was intended to offset the district’s roughly $6,000 lunch-debt.
Inmates raised $3,810 through a fundraiser run by Reaching Out From Within.
Kansas Department of Corrections staff added $457 to the contribution.
About 30 incarcerated men delivered the money to Superintendent Corey Roy on Aug. 3.

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Story summary

Inmates at Norton Correctional Facility donated $4,267 to Norton Community Schools.
The donation was intended to offset the district’s roughly $6,000 lunch-debt.
Inmates raised $3,810 through a fundraiser run by Reaching Out From Within.
Kansas Department of Corrections staff added $457 to the contribution.
About 30 incarcerated men delivered the money to Superintendent Corey Roy on Aug. 3.