Lake City Secondary School (LCSS) grad students once again beat teachers and grade 10 and 11 students in collecting the most food and monetary donations for a food drive that went to the Salvation Army Food Bank.
The year’s grad council organizes the annual event and has been doing so since 2013. This year the event took place throughout December, with grad students volunteering their time each morning to sit at the front door of the school and collect donations. One box collected items from the grad class, and the other box collected items from the rest of the school (grade 10 and 11 students along with staff).
This year, grad students collected and donated 1008 food items. The rest of the school donated 643 food items. Almost 400 pounds of food and $172 were donated to the food bank.
“It’s a really nice annual event for our school, and the grads really step up and have never lost in 10 years, so it’s pretty great,” said Kim Nowotny, career programs advisor at LCSS.
Nowotny and Michelle Palmer, the work experience facilitator, sponsor the grad council and helped deliver the food items and money to the Salvation Army Food Bank on Dec. 22. In attendance with them were grad council members Bella Allen, Addy Cullum and Chloe Skoblanuik.
”We are incredibly grateful to the teachers, students and parents of Lake City Secondary School for their generous food drive donation to our food bank,” said Tamara Robinson, director of family services and community outreach at the Salvation Army. “Because of your generosity, we are able to give real help and renewed hope to so many who need a hand up this time of year. We cannot do what we do without the help of people like you.”
