Feed Our Students!

Some years ago one of the students developed a nose-bleed that would not stop. When Sister Damon took him to the hospital the doctor discovered that he was undernourished. The student did not have money to eat.

She found out there were others, so she began a co-op dinner program. Sr. Damon asked Mr. Bud Roche, one of the owners of the Roche Bros. Groceries in Boston, to donate money annually to the program. Students in the co-op program do all their own food purchasing, preparation, and cleanup. They rotate responsibilities of baking bread each morning, cleaning vegetables, bringing wood and gas for cooking, etc.

The Roche Family and Sr. Damon Nolan's family go back many years. In the '40's, Damon's father bought the meats for his restaurant from the neighboring Roche Brother's Butcher Shop in Roslindale, MA. Years later, Sr. Damon and Sr. Jean Morressey both taught Patty Roch at Mt. Alvernia High School in Boston.

Thursday the kitchen of one of the three co-ops was dedicated to the memory of Patty Roche as a small acknowledgement of the faithful support the Roche Family have given UAC students over the years. Shoppers at the Boston Roche Brother's stores should know that part of their grocery dollar finds its way down to Bolivia.

Photo: Students from Campus Manning at the dedication, with a wooden plaque that reads "Cocina de Patty Roche." GRACIAS!