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<\/a><\/p>\nInside, more students welcomed everyone who gathered and stood in line for\u00a0the feast! Students said they’d been cooking since the previous Friday, and shared the story of oh, so many spuds. After\u00a0a meal fit for a king (or queen) I wandered the room with my camera, talking to students, a 2011 graduate who had returned to help, and community members. At one round table members from local churches\u00a0explained to me they cooked a hot meal each morning for the students,\u00a0five days a week,\u00a0serving between 25-70 breakfasts each day. Another table of pre-school students wore festive hats, and posed for several delightful photos–little faces complete with the remnants of\u00a0 pumpkin pie\u00a0crumbs. High school students were warm and welcoming, thanking me for coming. A young Mom took a few minutes to visit while she rocked\u00a0her baby to sleep in his stroller (except I kept smiling at him so his eyelids were slow to close.)\u00a0 A few photos from the day are in the Kenai Alternative High School photo album<\/a> at the\u00a0KPBSD Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n Let us give thanks for these students, for their parents, community members, and for everyone who shared a meal together. The\u00a0noon-day sun\u00a0flooding through upper windows in the gymnasium highlighted warmth in the belly, mind,\u00a0and heart of all who gathered. November 15, 2011 A feast was held today! Kenai Alternative High School served their 21st annual Thanksgiving Day Meal to 166 parents, students,\u00a0and invited guests–many who were community members active … Continue reading “Giving thanks in Kenai”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11,20],"tags":[143,578,1024,1030,1096],"class_list":["post-429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration","category-school-stories","tag-appreciation","tag-kenai-alternative-high-school","tag-teens","tag-thanksgiving","tag-volunteer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThank you Kenai Alternative High School–may you continue this tradition for decades to come. The community appreciates you–and clearly you appreciate students, parents, and local residents.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"