First lady Dr. Jill Biden visited a suburban high school Monday to kick off National Apprenticeship Week, a yearly program celebrating the importance of.
Rolling Meadows High greenhouse serves families in need Plants grown in the Rolling Meadows High School greenhouse are helping to feed the community. Courtesy of District 214
Updated 1/13/2021 4:31 PM
As a pandemic that struck quickly, erased jobs and created financial crises for many suburban families continues into a new year, High School District 214 continues to join others to assist those in need.
At Rolling Meadows High School, that means continuing to utilize a greenhouse that had become a focal point for the school s groundbreaking agriculture program before COVID-19 closed all Illinois schools last March.
The school continues to conduct an once-a-week school meal bag pickup. On Dec. 17, for example, the high school s food service staff distributed more than 50 bags of basil and about 50 bags of lettuce to local families. Tomatoes from the greenhouse are now being added to the mix.
s a pandemic that struck quickly, erased jobs and created financial crises for many suburban families continues into a new year, High School District 214 continues to join others to assist those in need by utilizing the Rolling Meadows High School greenhouse.