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.