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Holiday Care Packages

Title (Dublin Core)

Holiday Care Packages

Description (Dublin Core)

Three years ago, COVID-19 barred many people from traveling back home, and my roommates and I were one of those people. We all came from American Samoa, and while we planned to return home for the summer, thanksgiving, and Christmas, we could not do that. I remember working a part-time job during school to save up just enough to pay for my roundtrip fare, but unfortunately, COVID changed that. Although we could not have the chance to return home for the holidays, our families made it possible to bring the taste of island snacks to St. George with the constant sending of care packages. The photo I uploaded showed one of the many care packages my family sent me from home, which meant a lot to me. My roommates and I were very homesick, but our families came through with the snacks from home. I remember eagerly checking and refreshing the USPS app to track my package. It became my favorite thing to do during the COVID shutdown.

Date (Dublin Core)

December 14, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

self

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Anasitasia Vaitele

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

picture

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Home & Family Life
English Emotion
English Social Distance
English Food & Drink

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

holidays
snacks
homesick
care packages
St. George
Utah

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

holidays
snacks

Collection (Dublin Core)

Holidays
Asian & Pacific Islander Voices

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

04/03/2022

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

04/03/2022
05/29/2022
08/02/2022

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This item was submitted on April 3, 2022 by Anasitasia Vaitele using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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