UOP adapts Thanksgiving meal tradition for students stuck on campus during pandemic

Kristi Gross reports

HOLIDAY TOGETHER.

AND AS FOXFORTY'S KRISTI GROSS SHOWS USTONIGHT SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAYTHEY'RE IMPROVISING.I NEVER THOUGHT CRANBERRYCOULD BE SAUCE.IS A FRUIT ON ISCELEBRATING JUST OR SECONDTHANKSGIVING SHE'S ANINTERNATIONAL STUDENT AT YOUHE WASN'T ABLE TO GO HOME FORTHE HOLIDAY I DON'T KNOWANYBODY THAT COUNTRY ON.I WILL SCHOOL HOME IN YEARSPAST AS MANY AS A 100 STUDENTSWOULD FILL THIS DINING HOMEFOR THANKSGIVING MEAL.BUT THIS YEAR IT'S BEINGSERVED UP A WHOLE NEW WAY.THERE THIS YEAR WE JUST.NOW FROM BY YOU KNOW AND.I WAS QUITE DIFFERENTTURKEY, MASHED POTATOES ANDGRAVY IN A SLICE OF PUMPKINPIE.

ALL THE MAKINGS OF ATRADITIONAL THANKSGIVING MEAL.WE'RE INSTEAD PRE PACKAGED FORSTUDENTS TO TAKE BACK TO THEIRDORMS TO EAT LONG AS WE HAVE ABITE OF TURKEY.I'M FINE WITH THAT DOINGWE'RE MAKING IT WORK.

LOGANKOCH WAS AMONG THE DOZENS OFSTUDENTS WHO STOPPED BY TOPICK UP A TURKEY LUNCH COPESAYS THE COVID-19 PROTOCOLSARE STARK CONTRAST COMPARED TOLAST YEAR WHEN THE HALL WASFILLED WITH STUDENTS, SMILINGAND LAUGHING THIS AS YOUAPPRECIATE THE FREE MEAL, IT'STHE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS OF ENDOF THE DAY YOU APPEASE NEWPRESIDENT CHRISTOPHER CALLAHANUNIVERSITY TO KEEP THE E TEENYEAR TRADITION OF SERVINGSTUDENTS A THANKSGIVING MEALGOING EVEN IF IT WAS ANON-TRADITIONAL WAY WE WANT TOMAKE SURE THE STUDENTS WHO AREFEEL LIKE THEY HAVE ALITTLE BIT OF A SENSE OFNORMALCY A LITTLE BIT OF ASENSE OF HOME HOPEFULLY ITWILL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OFCOMFORT TO OUR STUDENTS WHOARE DESPITE THE VIRUS ROBBINGTHEM OF YET ANOTHER COLLEGEEXPERIENCE STUDENTS REMAINGRATEFUL FOR WHAT THEY DO HAVETHANK YOU, THANK YOU HAPPYTHANKSGIVING.

IN STOCKTON,KRISTY GROSS FOX, 40 NEWS.