After a week filled with heartache and hardship, operators are still finding ways to bring people together and make sure those in their communities are being fed. Here are five silver linings we spotted.
1. Exceeding expectations
Sanford Middle School in Minneapolis put out a call for food donations after convenience and grocery stores in the area were damaged during riots that stemmed from protests condemning the killing of George Floyd while in police custody. The school’s goal was to collect enough donations to provide 85 food kits for students. The community stepped up and instead provided enough donations to fill 14 blocks around the school.
Read the full story at delish.com.
2. Blowtorch portraits
An artist and chef at Dr. P. Phillips Hospital in Orlando has created blowtorch portraits of fellow hospital employees to honor frontline workers during COVID-19. The portraits are displayed in the hospital to welcome visitors.
Read the full story at insideedition.com.
3. Feeding Navajo elders
After a senior center in Tsaile, Ariz., shut down temporarily due to COVID-19, the dining team at nearby Diné College stepped in to help prep and deliver meals to Navajo seniors. The dishes meet USDA standards and typically consist of meat, fish, vegetables, potatoes, milk and juice.
Read the full story at nhonews.com.
4. Filling the gap
After Chicago Public Schools temporarily stopped service at its grab-and-go meal sites throughout the city due to unrest from protests there, local restaurants and other organizations stepped in to provide free meals to students and their families.
Read the full story at blockclubchicago.com.
5. Locally sourced loaves
Students at Chimacum and Port Townsend School Districts in Washington State are now receiving locally grown, milled and baked bread with their grab-and-go school meals. Pane d’Amore bakery is supplying the whole wheat bread loafs through a grant from a local non-profit.
Read the full story at ptleader.com.
Have a silver lining you’d like to share? Let me know at bgingerella@winsightmedia.com.