A North Carolina teacher raised more than $100,000 to ensure that children in her district would have food for the holidays.
Turquoise LeJeune Parker, local attorney T. Greg Doucette and a band of volunteers were able to procure enough food so that more than 5,000 students – or “professors” as Parker calls them – in Durham Public Schools could go home with over 12 pounds of food for the two-week break.
Mrs. Parkers Professors Foodraiser in Durham, North Carolina. (Turquoise LeJeune Parker)
Mrs. Parker’s Professors Foodraiser is an annual tradition that began seven years ago after a parent asked Parker where her family could find food over the break.
Mrs. Parkers Professors Foodraiser in Durham, North Carolina. (Turquoise LeJeune Parker)
“I will do anything for Mrs. Parker’s Professors. But I can’t do everything for them by myself. In our union, we say we are #InThisTogether. That’s word, that’s action, that’s community,” Parker said.
Daniella Genovese is a reporter for Fox Business and Fox News Digital covering all aspects of the consumer sector.
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