A Vail School District program is helping special education students gain life skills while helping others in need. On Monday mornings, a group of students arrive at the Greater Vail Community ReSources Food Bank.
TUCSON, Ariz. — The students are spending part of their day packing meals for other students who need extra help with food during the weekend. Vail Special Education teacher Julie Wilson says the volunteer program has been rewarding for everyone involved. The program has been around for about 15 years and the work with special education students started about 6 years ago.
“We’re realizing that a lot of students only eat at school. But what happens on Saturday and Sunday? The need for food and nourishment for these kids does not stop on Friday,” Hicks said. “There’s not only just learning what’s in every one of these packets and how to find it in the grocery store. There’s also socializing, getting out and learning about crossing the parking lot, crossing the street, and using a stop light, just being involved with the community,” Wilson said.
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