Colorado State Troopers Lance Sanchez, left, and Brad Spargur serve food Thursday to Kelly Foutz, and her daughter, Leah Foutz, 7, a second-grader at Florida Mesa Elementary School. Durango School District 9-R will serve about 4,000 dinners to students and families throughout the district this week in celebration of Thanksgiving. The Florida Mesa kitchen cooked 20 turkeys, 200 pounds of Farm-to-School potatoes and about 150 pounds of vegetables and also served 800 rolls, 810 cups of pumpkin pudding and 500 cups of cranberries.
Dawn Wilson, cook at Florida Mesa Elementary School, takes turkey out of the oven on Thursday to serve during the school’s Thanksgiving dinner. Durango School District 9-R will serve about 4,000 dinners to students and families throughout the district this week in celebration of the holiday. The Florida Mesa kitchen cooked 20 turkeys, 200 pounds of Farm-to-School potatoes and about 150 pounds of vegetables and also served 800 rolls, 810 cups of pumpkin pudding and 500 cups of cranberries.
Family members, clockwise from lower left, Haedyn Rodriguez, 7, Veatrice Mohar, Isabella Rodriguez, Jace Alexander, 7, Ed Heinemann and Andy Herrera, 9, enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner Thursday at Florida Mesa Elementary School.
