He has been an essential employee during the pandemic and wants to pursue a career in business.
| Kelley Bouchard, Press Herald |
Throughout the coronavirus shutdown, while many of his classmates have been staying home, Joshua Bragdon has worked four afternoons each week, delivering meals to residents at the Ledgewood Manor, a nursing home in Windham.
It’s a job Bragdon has held for a year through a work-study program at Gray-New Gloucester High School, and fear of contracting COVID-19 wasn’t going to keep him from doing a job he enjoys.
“We’re taking all the precautions we can take,” he said. “It’s a lot different in some ways, but the people are all the same, including the other workers. I try to make people smile and feel better about being there and make sure everything is clean and safe.”
Beyond being an “essential employee” during the pandemic, Bragdon has endeavored to become a motivated and productive student. It wasn’t easy.
NGX eds.’ note: This profile is part of the Portland Press Herald series “Maine’s Graduates to Watch: Class of 2020”
