The coronavirus pandemic ravaged nearly every corner of the globe, but its effects were particularly acute in areas that were already struggling with poverty, health care or food access.
Local retired archeologist Sally Crum, who worked on the Navajo Nation reservation for five years, became aware last summer of the harsh impacts the pandemic was having on the Navajo people.
A friend of Crumâs told her about members of the Montrose Presbyterian Church taking food and supplies to the Grace Community Church in Chinle, Arizona. There, Pastor Joe Begay and his wife, Gerri Begay, distributed the supplies monthly to the Navajo community.