Yoncalla schools partner with library to ensure children are reading, eating during summer break
(WorldNews Health)

YONCALLA — As soon as the van pulled in the driveway, people would come outside to greet Erin Helgren and Kelly Campbell. Helgren, site liaison for Children`s Institute Early Works, and Campbell, student services coordinator for Yoncalla School District, have been making deliveries to families in the Yoncalla School District since the official start of the summer. The deliveries include food, books and family activities. When schools closed in March amid the coronavirus pandemic, Yoncalla was one of many school districts that came to students` homes to deliver daily meals. However, it also became clear that the school district wouldn`t be able to continue that throughout the summer due to...