From the Sammamish Review, December 21, 2010 by Christopher Huber
As students and parents filtered into McAuliffe Elementary School Dec. 10 to begin their Friday, dozens plopped bags of groceries into the seven round bins on the sidewalk. School ASB leaders waved signs and danced to draw attention to the final day of the week-long food drive, hoping for one last surge of donations.
The energetic efforts paid off, as the school brought in 1,529 items that day, more than the four previous days combined, said Kim Robinson, a parent helper. In all, the students and their families donated a whopping 2,380 pounds (2,958 items) of food in five days. That will feed approximately 60 families for a week this holiday season, according to Redmond-based Hopelink, the drive's beneficiary. Read the entire article.
By Ben Furstman and Kieran Matz
The Panther Club at Spiritridge Elementary held a food drive for Hopelink. Our Panther Club is a community service club that strives to help the community.
We thought it was really awesome that we got to work in between Panther Club meetings to make posters, create scripts for morning announcements for the food drive and lots more to encourage people to bring food.
At first Spiritridge set out fifteen crates to be filled, but to our surprise we needed ten more crates and those boxes were filled to the brim too. Time was up, so we brought all the crates to Hopelink.
Getting our student body to bring food was very easy and it was exciting to watch the food pile. It was the best experience we have ever had.
Vivek Gopalam, age 6, and his one-year-old brother, Vineet, recently celebrated their birthdays. Guests invited to their party were asked to make a donation to Hopelink. At the end of the party, Vivek's and Vineet's parents matched the $260 raised for a total donation of $520 to Hopelink. Vivek and his mother Anu brought in the check recently, plus some donated food and gifts.
Thank you, Vivek and Vineet.
Briarcrest Elementary Gets A Visit From The Sheriff
After presenting their End Summer Hunger check to Hopelink, the kids toured the helicopter and talked to the pilots. The Shoreline Enterprise newspaper sent a photographer and reporter to cover the event. The kids loved it!
