Kiwifruit and cheese sandwiches: LA school staff pack free lunches for over 2,000 students affected by fires
Pasadena school district direct’s Liz Powell and staff used ‘everything on hand’ at school sites to dispense meals
As the Eaton fire raged on 8 January, Liz Powell was focused on one thing: getting to work. Powell, Pasadena unified schools interim food director, rushed to the district’s service center on Woodbury Road in Altadena to meet up with food service coworkers Melissa Washington and Marcela Zamorano.
“But pretty soon the police showed up and told us we had to evacuate,” said Powell, whose home lost power and employees could hear transformers and propane tanks blowing before returning home and waiting out the blaze. “It was bad, very scary.”
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