Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) volunteers recently stepped in to assist Elmore County Public Schools prepare and hand out food to children in the county.

“It takes a scary situation and turns it in to a good thing because you are helping these kids,” CERT volunteer Donna Poeppelmeier said. “They still have to be fed. They either don’t know what’s going on or they are scared too. You’re doing something good and seeing the community come together during a scary situation.”