ECS played a big role in preparing those meals. “The school division tried to help out where they could. Myself at ECS and Ardell (Pearson) in Weyburn offered to help out by making some of the meals for families that could use that assistance,” said Curtis Hack, the chef instructor and technical education department head at ECS. Each meal was sufficient to feed a family of five. The schools were so cost-efficient with their expenses that they still had money left over from the spring, and they decided to prepare more meals in December. “The menus seemed to be positive last spring, so we did the same thing this fall. People were very grateful. We had lots of compliments from people and we got lots of thank yous from school division people,” said Hack.