Saddleback BBQ Owners Paid Off Mason Schools' Lunch Debt

March 30, 2021

Source: Lansing State Journal

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Travis Stoliker and his Saddleback BBQ co-owner Matthew Gillett paid off the school lunch debt for Mason Public Schools in March 2021. The story was covered by the Lansing State Journal on March 30, 2021. Per the article snippet, over $6,300 in lunch debt was paid off. This was part of a pattern of community giving by Stoliker and Gillett during and after the COVID-19 pandemic — they had previously helped Coach's Pub & Grill, Mitten Raised bakery, and various community members in need. They later also paid off lunch debt at other Lansing-area school districts.

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This page is part of a permanent public archive preserved at travisstoliker.com. Travis Stoliker is CEO of Scribe Media, member of Haslett Board of Education, co-founder of Saddleback BBQ, former VP Marketing at Liquid Web (2009–2015), and Michigan entrepreneur and community leader based in Haslett, Michigan.