Some Students Couldnt Go Home For Thanksgiving: Professors Sweet Offer Touches Many Hearts

Published: Nov. 25, 2020, 12:40 a.m.

b'By Richard Hunt\\nUniversity of Iowa Communications Professor Elizabeth Pearce offered to extend her own family\\u2019s Thanksgiving dinner \\u2018virtually\\u2019 to any of her students who were staying on campus because of COVID quarantine or other reasons. \\u201cI just, honestly, it would have broken my heart to think anyone was alone and missing their family \\u2013 and with restaurants being closed \\u2013 not having a Turkey Day meal.\\u201d Word of her generous blessing went viral on Twitter and other social media reaching close to a million people!'