Aurora Public Schools Reaches Remarkable Milestone Amid Pandemic

Aurora Public Schools has hit a milestone throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since the start of the pandemic, they have handed out more than eight million meals to students and community members, reports CBS4.

On Thursday, July 22, volunteers were outside Aurora Central High School for the second time that day delivering grab-and-go meals to the community.

“It’s amazing, it helps out so much with giving my kids healthy food,” Monica Barrett told CBS4.

The school district was able to expand its summer program to include adults with money raised by the Aurora Schools Foundation.

“Families come by and say, ‘Thank you so much for feeding our kids and ourselves,’” Branda Esquivel, a member of the nutrition services team for Aurora Public Schools said.

“Just being able to give back to the community has been really nice. We do it for the kids during the year and being able to extend that to the adults has been really nice,” she continued.

According to CBS4, the service will have to come to an end in August because the money raised is running out.

Those who have helped the program will be sharing their experience with the city in an attempt to direct more funds to long-term resources dedicated to food insecurity.