A teacher raised more than $100,000 to purchase enough food to keep thousands of children from going hungry over winter break

A teacher raised more than $100,000 to purchase enough food to keep thousands of children from going hungry over winter break

By Alaa Elassar, CNNTurquoise LeJeune Parker ends every class by telling each of her students she loves them.The 34-year-old library teacher at Lakewood Elementary School in Durham, North Carolina, does everything she can to prove it, and her recent fundraiser, which collected $106,000 to feed her students in need, is her most recent gesture of love.Winter break can mean weeks of food insecurity for children and their families, Durham Public Sch…

A teacher raised more than $100,000 to purchase enough food to keep thousands of children from going hungry over winter break

By Alaa Elassar, CNNTurquoise LeJeune Parker ends every class by telling each of her students she loves them.The 34-year-old library teacher at Lakewood Elementary School in Durham, North Carolina, does everything she can to prove it, and her recent fundraiser, which collected $106,000 to feed her students in need, is her most recent gesture of love.Winter break can mean weeks of food insecurity for children and their families, Durham Public Sch…

A teacher raised more than $100,000 to purchase enough food to keep thousands of children from going hungry over winter break - Local News 8

By Alaa Elassar, CNNTurquoise LeJeune Parker ends every class by telling each of her students she loves them.The 34-year-old library teacher at Lakewood Elementary School in Durham, North Carolina, does everything she can to prove it, and her recent fundraiser, which collected $106,000 to feed her students in need, is her most recent gesture of love.Winter break can mean weeks of food insecurity for children and their families, Durham Public Sch…

A teacher raised more than $100,000 to purchase enough food to keep thousands of children from going hungry over winter break

Turquoise LeJeune Parker ends every class by telling each of her students she loves them.

A teacher raised more than $100,000 to purchase enough food to keep thousands of children from going hungry over winter break

Turquoise LeJeune Parker ends every class by telling each of her students she loves them.