Avondale schools start remotely, but aims to switch to in-person
Some are teaching remotely, some in-person and some doing both. The Avondale School District was planning to have in-person learning until recently moving to virtual instruction. Going to a hybrid model is no more convenient for a parent where youre in school part of the week, youre at home part of the week," Schwarz said. In October, Schwarz and a school committee will re-evaluate the situation to see if a return to school can happen. "The apparent conflicting executive orders when it comes to schools versus businesses, restaurants.
Friday Fill-Up nonprofit in Metro Detroit helps students with need for food
Last week in our Your Neighborhood segment, Local 4 showed you a local nonprofit that provides meals through the weekend for students in the Avondale School District. What we do is provide free-of-charge food kits to local elementary school children, said Friday Fill-Up co-founder Gabby Burton. Wednesday mornings, we have everything set up for our volunteers, Burton said. So theres a group of volunteers that help set up that help count everything to 110. For Burton, ending food insecurity within the area has become her mission, and shes encouraging others to help as she watches the need for food grow.
Non-profit Blessings in a Backpack provides food for Avondale students in need
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. Blessings in a Backpack prepares food packages for Avondale School District students who receive free and reduced lunch to take home over the weekend. Thus far, the program has provided food to 350 student in need who would go hungry otherwise, said Janelle Tischer, chair of Blessing in a Backpack Avondale. A team of volunteers fill bags with meals for students and drop them off at the schools where they are put in students backpacks anonymously. Blessings in a Backpack gets a semi-truck full of food from Meijer every month, but it also depends on donations of both food and time from volunteers. To donate or volunteer with Blessings in a Backpack, visit the organizations website.