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Providing Food For People Around The Plateau

WUTC | By Ray Bassett

Published December 7, 2020 at 5:31 PM EST

In communities around the Cumberland Plateau, life under COVID-19 has complicated how to feed people in need.

But a partnership in Sewanee is meeting that challenge.

Thanks to a donation from the Rotary Club, the Community Action Committee - the outreach ministry of Otey Memorial Parish Church - uses a tray sealer machine to freeze repurposed food from the University of the South - and then distribute that food safely during the pandemic.

The Rev. David Goodpaster is curate at the church - and Rick Wright is director of dining at the university.