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While 911 dispatchers serve as the first step in providing oftentimes life-saving care to those in need, they are rarely the ones recognized for the effort. Flagstaff Academy students wanted to change that.

Thursday afternoon, teachers Kate Sloop and Terri Reh delivered to the police department 15 baskets of garden produce and herbs, cultivated by Flagstaff’s middle school students. The fruits and vegetables were picked from students’ home gardens, donated by local supermarkets and collected from the middle school’s greenhouse.

Fifteen more baskets also were donated Thursday to 911 dispatchers at the Lafayette Police Department.