Food Drive Set for May 19 at Budget Vote
With the stocks of local food pantries running dangerously low, Huntington School District teachers have organized a food drive that will culminate on May 19 at Huntington High School as residents go to the polls to vote on the proposed school budget and to elect three trustees.
Teachers are setting up a table near the high school lobby on the day of balloting for community members to drop off non-perishable items during a three-hour period from 3-6 p.m. The food will be picked up that same day by the Helping Hand Rescue Mission and immediately be earmarked for local folks and families who are going hungry.
Faculty members have been collecting goods among themselves for days. “We encourage everyone in the community to join us and help those in need,” said Georganne White, who serves as the primary school level vice-president of the Associated Teachers of Huntington, the professional organization for district faculty members.
Teachers in all of the state’s more than 700 school districts are being encouraged to hold at least one food drive a year to benefit their communities. When Ms. White heard of the dire need to restock the Huntington area pantries, she knew the time was now to organize such a campaign here.
Lead teachers for the drive have been put in place in each of the district’s eight buildings and boxes have started to fill up with canned and other goods. Participants in the food collection on May 19 will be given a free raffle chance for a “family fun basket.”
Teachers from across the district will man the collection table in shifts during the three-hour period. Ms. White called the effort “such a worthy cause” and said that “Huntington is a community in need.” Faculty members hope the food collection makes a dent in the struggle so many are going through during this difficult time.
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