CCS Food Drive Inspires LCA Students To Keep Giving
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By David [email protected]
Some students, like senior Victoria Flores, have participated all six years of the event. LCA is a seventh through 12th-grade school.
“I’ve seen the community respond more abundantly each year. It continues to grow. I know it blesses me because it shows God’s work and the community’s,” Flores said.
“It’s been an amazing blessing for me to be a part of that in every way, to serve in such a tangible way,” she continued.
Flores said after she graduates she can see ways she can continue to give and show God’s love.
“I can continue to help with CCS as I go on to college, or help in other communities, to help with their specific food or pantry needs,” she indicated.
In the spring, LCA collected more than 11,000 pounds of food in just one day of collections.
“I hope we can collect probably 15,000 pounds. Through God, all things are possible,” said junior Landyn Brune.
On Monday, all LCA students, faculty and staff will leave brightly colored fliers and paper sacks with information about the food drive on door steps throughout the community.
The students will return to these same homes Wednesday after 8 a.m. to collect the non-perishable food items. Residents may place food items in boxes or the bags and leave them at the end of their driveway or in a visible place. If a home is missed, the resident can call 574-267-7265 and someone will come out and pick up the donation. As an added service, residents also may place their CCS Coat Drive donations along with the food and all will be picked up and delivered to CCS.
After all the food is collected, it will be delivered and sorted on the CCS lawn, stocked in the client-choice food pantry, and the excess carried to the storage area.
Suggested non-perishable food items include peanut butter, jelly, mac & cheese, canned tuna in water, canned chicken in water, oatmeal, cereal, spaghetti sauce, noodles, ramen noodles, baking mixes, healthy foods and gluten-free products.
Senior Cameron Estep said the food drive is an important way “to give back to the community.”
“To show God’s love, helping out and experiencing the joy of helping others,” added freshman Elizabeth Brehany.
“It’s just nice as a school as a whole to do this for CCS because they help the community a lot,” stated junior Abbey Hartwiger. “It also gets CCS’s name out because before doing this, I didn’t know who they were.”
Senior Julianne Haines said the food drive brings the LCA student body closer together.
“It creates a reason for the leaders, the juniors and seniors, to reach out to the younger kids and help them work out the faith we learn in school, to be the hands and feet of Christ in the community,” Haines stated.
Call LCA at 574-267-7265 with questions or for additional information about the food drive.[[In-content Ad]]
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Some students, like senior Victoria Flores, have participated all six years of the event. LCA is a seventh through 12th-grade school.
“I’ve seen the community respond more abundantly each year. It continues to grow. I know it blesses me because it shows God’s work and the community’s,” Flores said.
“It’s been an amazing blessing for me to be a part of that in every way, to serve in such a tangible way,” she continued.
Flores said after she graduates she can see ways she can continue to give and show God’s love.
“I can continue to help with CCS as I go on to college, or help in other communities, to help with their specific food or pantry needs,” she indicated.
In the spring, LCA collected more than 11,000 pounds of food in just one day of collections.
“I hope we can collect probably 15,000 pounds. Through God, all things are possible,” said junior Landyn Brune.
On Monday, all LCA students, faculty and staff will leave brightly colored fliers and paper sacks with information about the food drive on door steps throughout the community.
The students will return to these same homes Wednesday after 8 a.m. to collect the non-perishable food items. Residents may place food items in boxes or the bags and leave them at the end of their driveway or in a visible place. If a home is missed, the resident can call 574-267-7265 and someone will come out and pick up the donation. As an added service, residents also may place their CCS Coat Drive donations along with the food and all will be picked up and delivered to CCS.
After all the food is collected, it will be delivered and sorted on the CCS lawn, stocked in the client-choice food pantry, and the excess carried to the storage area.
Suggested non-perishable food items include peanut butter, jelly, mac & cheese, canned tuna in water, canned chicken in water, oatmeal, cereal, spaghetti sauce, noodles, ramen noodles, baking mixes, healthy foods and gluten-free products.
Senior Cameron Estep said the food drive is an important way “to give back to the community.”
“To show God’s love, helping out and experiencing the joy of helping others,” added freshman Elizabeth Brehany.
“It’s just nice as a school as a whole to do this for CCS because they help the community a lot,” stated junior Abbey Hartwiger. “It also gets CCS’s name out because before doing this, I didn’t know who they were.”
Senior Julianne Haines said the food drive brings the LCA student body closer together.
“It creates a reason for the leaders, the juniors and seniors, to reach out to the younger kids and help them work out the faith we learn in school, to be the hands and feet of Christ in the community,” Haines stated.
Call LCA at 574-267-7265 with questions or for additional information about the food drive.[[In-content Ad]]
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