Metro Atlanta group spreads back-to-school joy with homemade lasagnas [Video]

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – A group of people in metro Atlanta is filling hearts by filling up stomachs.

Anita Padgett understands how demanding the start of a new school year can be. She’s a mom and taught middle and high school students for twenty years.

“It is a big stress,” she said. “There’s a lot to ramp up and many teachers are also parents. So, they get the double whammy.”

This time of year, Padgett spends more time in the kitchen than the classroom, making lasagnas for parents, teachers, and staff in need of a helping hand.

“Lasagna is a celebration food and it’s a food that represents home,” she said.

Padgett is a volunteer chef with Lasagna Love, a nonprofit with a mission to spread kindness, feed families and strengthen communities. Its founder, a New York native, started the organization in March 2020, around the start of …