While school districts were closed down this time a year ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic, food service workers throughout northeast Indiana continued to perform their jobs above and beyond anything they ever dreamed possible.
âIt was a learning curve that changed rapidly and frequently,â said Stephanie Haynes-Clifford, food service director for the Metropolitan School District of Steuben County.
âI think they responded absolutely wonderful,â she said. âFood service professionals are in these buildings every day feeding these children because they care about them and they want to know theyâre taken care of.
âTheyâre obviously not in it because of the money, and in these unprecedented times, they were willing to step up and do what was necessary to continue to feed their children.â
Clifford Smart Middle School
⢠Clifford Smart s Social Justice League made 35 packages of handmade/decorated ornaments, bags, notes and candy for residents at Canterbury-on-the-Lake Retirement Community, particularly those who have been so isolated during the pandemic.
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⢠The student PTSA created cards and letters to send to frontline workers to say thank you and to let them know we are thankful and thinking of the hard work they are doing over the holiday season.
Commerce Elementary
⢠With support from the Commerce PTA, the annual Giving Tree tradition continued. Although this year s tree was virtual, families selected and donated items to support families in-need in the Walled Lake community.