Our Bowls of Hope Food Drive collected over two tons of food for the Community FoodBank of NJ, Southern Branch, with a total weight of 4,063 pounds and close to last year’s record of 4,655 pounds. Middle school and high school students on the Student Council, who helped organize the school-wide event, packed up and loaded the donations into boxes on wooden pallets for pickup by a FoodBank truck on Wednesday, February 9. Congratulations to Mrs. Capito’s 1st grade class for winning first place for the second year in a row among all PreK-12th grade classes for collecting the most non-perishable food by weight — 505 pounds.
“Thank you to all our school families who donated throughout January and to everyone who attended our Bowls of Hope Soup Cook-Off and brought in food to make this an overwhelming success,” said faculty member Dave Genter, who oversaw the drive as the Student Council Advisor. “Your generosity is helping out many families in our community who are struggling to make ends meet.”
The Food Drive was held during the month of January and concluded on February 5 at the Bowls of Hope Soup Cook-Off. In January, hundreds of paper grocery bags donated by the English Creek Shoprite in Egg Harbor Township were sent home with students for families to fill with their food donations.
Mrs. Capito’s 1st grade class will be enjoying a pizza party as their prize for collecting the most donations by weight. Two other classes were also recognized for their efforts — in second place, Mrs. McCartney’s 1C class, which collected 457 pounds of food, and in 3rd place, Mrs. Brossman’s 1st grade class, which collected 436 pounds of food.
