Last week, the weather forced more school districts around Louisville, KY to cancel classes again.
Knowing that some of their students rely on their school lunches for a meal, a group of Shelby County teachers made special efforts to visit students at home to bring them food, drinks, and other necessities.
West Middle School librarian Chellie Gaither shares, “We were mentioning it’s a shame we can’t just get some materials and make a bunch of sandwiches and go deliver them. And Melissa said, ‘Wait a minute, there’s food downstairs that’s donated, let’s go make some visits.'”
Melissa Chesterfield, a 7th grade science teacher, adds, “We went over to the Dairy Queen and Save-a-Lot and divided and conquered. Some of us went into Dairy Queen and bought some sausage biscuits and some meals, and some went to the grocery store and picked up some things.”
The teachers knew which students would be hurting the most from the day off of school, as Melissa starts each semester with her students writing down goals, missions, and burdens. A lot of her students face struggles at home, including the weight of food insecurity.
Chellie continues, “A lot of the kids at home, some of them had expressed that sometimes they’re hungry on snow days, or sometime they just like to come to school so they can see their friends.”
The kind-hearted teacher squad delivered food to students last Wednesday when classes were called off due to excessively cold temperatures, then challenged their education peers to do the same on Thursday.
Melissa sent an email to the school admins and educators, asking the rhetorical question, “What if you just went and visited one family, how impactful that would be.”
(MSN)
