Missouri National Guard assists in meal distributions at Blanchard Elementary

Monday, April 27, 2020

Members of the Missouri National Guard's 1221st Transportation Company assist with meal distributions Monday, April 27, 2020, at Blanchard Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. As of last week, Cape Girardeau Public Schools had distributed more than 70,000 meals since in-person classes were first suspended on March 18.

Spc. Adison Lynn communicates with a parent in a vehicle while working with the Missouri National Guard's 1221st Transportation Company to assist with meal deliveries Monday, April 27, 2020, at Blanchard Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Missouri National Guard 1221st Transportation Company members Pfc. Andrew Fuwell, left, and Spc. Jason Cooper carry bagged meals to a vehicle on Monday, April 27, 2020, at Blanchard Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Members of the Missouri National Guard's 1221st Transportation Company assist with meal deliveries Monday, April 27, 2020, at Blanchard Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Members of the Missouri National Guard's 1221st Transportation Company assist with meal deliveries Monday, April 27, 2020, at Blanchard Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Spc. Adison Lynn waves to child in a car while helping distribute meals for local students with his fellow members of the Missouri National Guard's 1221st Transportation Company on Monday, April 27, 2020, at Blanchard Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)