Fear of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and fear for the lack of provisions; that's the double jeopardy narrative for families with modest economic means.Teachers in the Gateway School District are trying to soften the impact. This weekend, 270 teachers dug into their own pockets to buy breakfast and dinner food items to fill grocery bags -- enough to feed 75 families for roughly one week."With school being closed, not providing breakfast or lunch, we knew that dinner would be an issue, and possibly breakfast," teachers union President Grant Sample said. "We knew that the schools would provide lunch, but we thought we should provide something else for those families."Teachers set tables outside Moss Side Middle School in Monroeville. Families could drive up, grab a bag of groceries and be on their way.Another teacher, Diane Koscelink, says about 40 volunteered to fill grocery bags."I think everyone is handling it in different ways, and I know a lot of our families were appreciative of the fact that we could bring the groceries to them and they didn't even have to get out of the car," she said.

Fear of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and fear for the lack of provisions; that's the double jeopardy narrative for families with modest economic means.

Teachers in the Gateway School District are trying to soften the impact. This weekend, 270 teachers dug into their own pockets to buy breakfast and dinner food items to fill grocery bags -- enough to feed 75 families for roughly one week.


"With school being closed, not providing breakfast or lunch, we knew that dinner would be an issue, and possibly breakfast," teachers union President Grant Sample said. "We knew that the schools would provide lunch, but we thought we should provide something else for those families."

Teachers set tables outside Moss Side Middle School in Monroeville. Families could drive up, grab a bag of groceries and be on their way.

Another teacher, Diane Koscelink, says about 40 volunteered to fill grocery bags.

"I think everyone is handling it in different ways, and I know a lot of our families were appreciative of the fact that we could bring the groceries to them and they didn't even have to get out of the car," she said.