Our schools play a vital role in providing community assistance through holiday food drives and other events. Over and over our school communities demonstrate their care and concern for those in need. Listed below are a few of the drives our schools have held.
Cathcart Elementary raised $1549.64 for the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society in April.
Dutch Hill Elementary held a food drive in November and collected over 2 tons of food, about 3,000 items. All items were donated to the Snohomish Food Bank.
Little Cedars Elementary collected over 670 items for Christmas House in their toy drive. They also collect specific food items for a monthly food drive:
October – Macaroni and Cheese - over 799 boxes collected
November – Canned Vegetables - over 745 cans
December – Peanut Butter and Jelly - over 336 pounds of peanut butter and jelly
January – Canned tomato sauce or canned spaghetti sauce
Riverview Elementary ran two drives in January.
The PhD of Caring drive to collect toiletries for shelters and foster homes raised 1395 items. The “Souper Bowl” Food Drive raised over 1200 items. The Snohomish Food Bank picked up the items and were very appreciative.
The "Water for Haiti" coin drive raised over $1000, double the goal of $500!
Seattle Hill Elementary held a very successful food drive in October/November.
Totem Falls Elementary students, during their holiday food and toy drive, collected enough food to feed 43 families for one week and over 250 toys. To assist Haiti earthquake victims, they also collected over $835 in coins for “Hope for Haiti.
Valley View Middle - ASB ran a food drive for the Salvation Army and brought in 2,474 lbs of food and $500.00; the cash was enough to feed 746 meals to families in need.
AIM High collected 1,383 items for the Snohomish Food Bank, who said it was the biggest one time donation they have received! Aim also adopted a family for Christmas and gave them almost everything on their list!
Glacier Peak High
Just One More Dollar – When the ASB class did their final tally for the Holiday Canned Food Drive, they found that they were one dollar (or 4 cans) short of 10,000 cans. The call went out school-wide to see if anyone would be willing to donate the final dollar. What resulted was an immediate stampede of students who wanted to make the difference. The final result: GPHS surpassed their goal. The final total equaled 10,958 items, resulting in $1435.45 and 5218 items for the Maltby Food Bank.
Tree of Giving – The National Honor Society (NHS) joined with DECA to organize the
Tree of Giving Toy Drive, and collected over 390 toys from students and staff at our school for distribution throughout our community to those in need. NHS students also helped wrap gifts at the Maltby Food Bank and at the Mill Creek Town Center, in exchange for donations to the Maltby Food Bank. Over $450 was received.