Valley View Teacher Spends Her Money to Feed Hungry Students
Pamela Pritchard, a Valley View English teacher, recently received help from Costco for buying snacks for her Bolingbrook High School students.
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Valley View Teacher Spends Her Money to Feed Hungry Students
Pamela Pritchard, a Valley View English teacher, recently received help from Costco for buying snacks for her Bolingbrook High School students.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Valley View Teacher Spends Her Money to Feed Hungry Students
Pamela Pritchard, a Valley View English teacher, recently received help from Costco for buying snacks for her Bolingbrook High School students.
For six years, Pamela Pritchard has shelled out her own money to buy granola bars for her students. "Teaching is tough when students are hungry," said the Bolingbrook High School English teacher. Her students would ask for a dollar for fries in the cafeteria or $.75 to buy something from the vending machine. Some students don't have food at home to eat, she said. Others have a heavy courseload, no lunch period and no time to grab something to eat. To give her students a healthy snack, Pritchard starting buying a box of granola bars. She'd replenish the supply, which would usually run out about every three weeks or so. But lately, she's been running to Costco weekly to replenish her granola bar supply. The word of her snack stash has …
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dabrooklongtime
5:35 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
I applaud Costco for being a company willing to help out! What a nice way to thank the community for welcoming your business. It's unfortunate that the many teachers who have done this for years for full class loads haven't received media attention. How about our 25 or more year teachers who have always taught 5 classes and have been buying kids food for years....or our newbie teachers who are … more ›