聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Farm Credit Canada (FCC) partnered with Redvers School and Carlyle Elementary School聽 (CES) for their annual 鈥淒rive Away Hunger鈥� campaign.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Redvers School came together to raise 466 lbs of food for the Carlyle and District Food Bank.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 As the result of a little challenge within CES the school was able to raise 1,587 lbs. This totaled 1,800 items with the two classrooms to bring in the most receiving a pizza party. The Grade 5 class of Mr. Bloomfield and the 5/6 split of Miss Greve鈥檚 took these top spots with the Grade 5 bringing in 286 items and the 5/6s bringing in 285.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淓verybody put in a great effort,鈥� CES Principal Tyler Fehrenbach stated.
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 鈥淵ou did an amazing job,鈥� he said to the assembled student body. 鈥淩espect, Responsibility, and Belonging are important to us here. You should be proud of the effort you put in. You might not realize how many people you鈥檙e helping by doing this; but, whether you brought one item or 20 items, it all helps.鈥�
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Although the top two classrooms to bring in food were to receive a pizza party, a parent of one of the students was moved by the efforts put in by all of the youth in the school and decided to sponsor a pizza party for the entire school.
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 In total FCC 鈥� Carlyle collected 2,910.2 lbs聽of food between participating schools, the FCC office, and other contributing local businesses.
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 鈥淲hen it comes to the basics, food is at the top of the list,鈥� the FCC writes on their webpage. 鈥淲hile most of us are fortunate to have enough to eat, not everyone is so lucky. In fact, children make up over a third of those who rely on Canadian food banks.鈥�
