“Schools shut down and immediately we were brainstorming, what are the kids and families going to need?” said Cherokee Heights Middle School social worker Abby Ray in an interview with Collaboration Project’s Jon Anderson and Westminster missions chair Pamela Wilson.
Providing food for families who depended on the now-closing school food programs rose to the top.
Ray reached out to Laura Glaub, social worker at Thoreau Elementary, as the two schools had many shared families.
“What can we do?” she asked. They had two days to get food out of school food pantries and develop a plan.
Glaub approached Westminster Presbyterian for help. “They opened their arms immediately,” Glaub said, offering their space and asking what they could do.