STAMFORD — Chris Passamano was watching a freshman football game early this fall when a player came off the field feeling ill.
The Stamford High athletic director became concerned when he saw the player dry-heave on the sideline.
“I asked him if he was OK and he said, ‘I haven’t eaten. I don’t have any food,’” Passamano said. “I went to my car and grabbed a granola bar for him.”
The granola bar helped in the moment, but what Passamano soon realized was the problem went far beyond one freshman football player, and the fix would have to be more than one granola bar.