{"id":11467,"date":"2020-05-28T16:05:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T16:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/utah\/?p=11467"},"modified":"2025-04-04T19:15:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:15:43","slug":"link-lunch-heroes-5000-daily-deliveries-becomes-vital-part-of-education-in-hard-hit-san-juan-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/utah\/2020\/05\/28\/link-lunch-heroes-5000-daily-deliveries-becomes-vital-part-of-education-in-hard-hit-san-juan-county\/","title":{"rendered":"LINK: Lunch \u2018Heroes\u2019: 5,000 Daily Deliveries Becomes Vital Part of Education in Hard-hit San Juan County"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11467\" class=\"elementor elementor-11467\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dd45ab5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dd45ab5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c10366d\" data-id=\"c10366d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15e2aa1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15e2aa1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"bwJ9dC\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/utah\/2020\/5\/26\/21266888\/covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-san-juan-county-lunch-delivery\"><strong>DESERET NEWS<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; &#8220;For most of her seven years serving planning meals for schoolchildren, Anna Fredricks felt a bit peripheral to the educational experience.<\/p><p id=\"VLQePf\">It took a pandemic, but lunch ladies as they are more commonly known, at least in places like San Juan County, are finally getting the love \u2014 and recognition \u2014 they deserve.<\/p><p id=\"GyxfGQ\">\u201cIt kind of goes without saying, but our kitchen staff, our food service people, they were incredible,\u201d said Mike Tuckfield, principal of Tse\u2019bii\u2019nidzisgai Elementary School, where 100% of the students rely on free lunches.<\/p><p id=\"I99RAc\">\u201cAcademics is our main priority, of course,\u201d he said. \u201cBut second to it, would be the health and welfare of our community. The only way we could continue to do that was do food service.\u201d<\/p><p id=\"kwXFYG\">In about two days, Fredricks and her food service staff went from an almost invisible support network to a vital system that helped sustain children in the remote area that has one of the highest per capita COVID-19 infection rates in the country&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c7fa2e elementor-button-info elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3c7fa2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/utah\/2020\/5\/26\/21266888\/covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-san-juan-county-lunch-delivery\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Click here to read more<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DESERET NEWS &#8211; &#8220;For most of her seven years serving planning meals for schoolchildren, Anna Fredricks felt a bit peripheral to the educational experience. 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