New London firefighters and students bond over lunch
January 14, 2020 11:00 pm
• Last Updated: January 15, 2020 9:13 pm
Firefighter Mike Gentile of the New London Fire Department laughs with Elijah Rocket, third from left, during lunch Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, with fellow classmates, clockwise from bottom left, Rosyln Hall, R.J. Damas, Reed Wester, Shea Felber and Jaxon Ford, at Winthrop STEM Elementary School. Gentile and fellow members of the fire department joined students as part of the Lunch Tray Program. The initiative, created by Katie Hallisey of Higher Edge, gives students a connection to their community by having groups, such as police officers, firefighters and Rotarians, spend lunchtime with students once a month. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
New London — City firefighters joined students for lunch Wednesday at Winthrop STEM Elementary School.
Their visit was part of the Lunch Tray Program, an initiative created by Katie Hallisey of Higher Edge. It gives students a connection to their community by having groups, such as police officers, firefighters and Rotarians, spend lunchtime with students once a month.
Lt. Dan Sawyer of the New London Fire Department chats with kindergarteners Autumn McAvay-Grimes and Josiah Davis during lunchtime Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, at Winthrop STEM Elementary School. Sawyer and fellow members of the fire department joined students for each grade's lunchtime as part of the Lunch Tray Program. The initiative, created by Katie Hallisey of Higher Edge, gives students a connection to their community by having groups, such as police officers, firefighters and Rotarians, spend lunchtime with students once a month. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Second-grader Dominic Martinez chats with firefighter Diego Barboza of the New London Fire Department at the end of his lunchtime Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, at Winthrop STEM Elementary School. Barboza and fellow members of the fire department joined students for each grade's lunchtime as part of the Lunch Tray Program. The initiative, created by Katie Hallisey of Higher Edge, gives students a connection to their community by having groups, such as police officers, firefighters and Rotarians, spend lunchtime with students once a month. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Lt. Dan Sawyer of the New London Fire Department helps peel an orange for kindergartner Ryder Boyer during lunchtime Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, at Winthrop STEM Elementary School. Sawyer and fellow members of the fire department joined students for each grade's lunchtime as part of the Lunch Tray Program. The initiative, created by Katie Hallisey of Higher Edge, gives students a connection to their community by having groups, such as police officers, firefighters and Rotarians, spend lunchtime with students once a month. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
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