Morris concludes at Endicott

Endicott assistant cook Sally Morris will retire this year after serving up school meals for almost a decade. “I think that's just a gift God gave me,”

Morris said of her work with kids. “It's just the delight of the world.” Morris said she has a lifelong passion for serving kids. As a youngster, she could hardly be parted from her dolls and begged her parents every Christmas for even more. She babysat plenty as a teen and had kids of her own as an adult.

She has taught Bible groups, worked at a daycare at McChord Air Force base in Seattle while her husband, Keith, was stationed there. She also cared for a woman with special needs, and has been a stay-at-home mom for many years.

From her post in the school cafeteria, she has acted as a role model for countless Endicott kids for over nine years.

Morris and her husband have also devoted themselves to foster parenting for the past decade.

“From the time I had my first child, we've had kids in our house for 42 years straight,” Morris laughed. “I was blessed because my husband is a kid-lover, too.”

Morris said she now plans to see her seven grandkids more often and to camp with her husband around the state. She said she plans to return to the school periodically to read stories and substitute whenever possible.