April 29, 2024
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Troy school district connects with families and volunteers through food

Activities include virtual cooking night and providing meals for volunteers at COVID vaccine clinics

By Denise M. Baran-Unland

Troy Community School District30-C Superintendent Todd Koehl, school board president Mark Griglione and administrative assistant Nicole Sutarik donated breakfast to the volunteers helping with Covid-19 vaccinations, including Joliet Fire Department deputy chief Jeff Carey, second from left. (Photo provided)

The staff and school board of Troy Community School District 30-C recently treated some special volunteers to breakfast and two days-worth of lunches.

Troy 30-C Superintendent Todd Koehl and Troy 30-C School Board President Mark Griglione brought the breakfasts to the volunteers, who were staffing vaccination clinics at Joliet West High School.

Back in February Troy Heritage Trail Elementar ySchool teachers and staff partnered with a Joliet restaurant, The Dock at Inwood, to provide pizzas to some of the firefighters and paramedics who were giving COVID vaccinations at the Joliet West High School fieldhouse.

But that’s not the only way the Troy community has connected with others through food.

Pictured, from left, are The Dock at Inwood co-owner Mike Trafton, Troy Heritage Trail Elementary School social worker Jodi Tarver, Joliet Fire Department deputy chief Jeff Carey, Troy Heritage Trail Elementary School principal Brooke Allen, and The Dock at Inwood co-owner Rick Trafton. (Photo provided)

Also in February, several students at Troy Middle School and William B. Orenic Intermediate School students, along with their families, participated in an online family cooking night.

Troy Middle School ELA teacher Jharita Jordan organized the event.

Under the guidance of a professional chef, the families prepared chicken alfredo, roasted cauliflower, homemade garlic bread and strawberry-blueberry yogurt parfaits.

Troy Middle School student Hailey Saenz and her father John cook an Italian meal together during a family cooking night organized by a T.M.S. teacher. (Photo provided)