‘Relay’ team gives away lunches on Good Friday (VIDEO)

With Friday being Good Friday, it was an official day off for Maricopa schools. That left a question mark for those families relying on the school district to provide meals to children during COVID-19.

Enter Relay for Life.

The organization that normally is a fundraiser for cancer patients went a different direction; rather, one Maricopa team tried something new.

“We do Relay for Life, and right now we haven’t been able to do much. Usually we meet and we plan and we do stuff and have get-togethers,” said Caped CUREsaders team member Tobi Smith. “Obviously we can’t do a fundraiser right now.”

Hannah Norby, a culinary teacher at Maricopa High School, told the team she wanted have some kind of event to help out. That took the form of making lunch.

The team posted the idea on its group page. Quickly, they took in enough donations of their own money to put together almost 250 brown-bag lunches.

Staying at home together, team members put together the lunches comprised of sandwiches, fruit, juice and granola bars. The CUREsaders then handed out the lunches at Pacana Park to families driving through.

“It’s something we can do for the community,” Smith said.

The team is planning similar events in the future.