Edgewood Holding Annual Food DriveEdgewood Middle School is once again holding its annual food drive.
This has been an ongoing tradition for many years, according to a news release from Warsaw Community Schools. Every year, they restock the shelves of Combined Community Services and Our Father’s House food banks before the holidays. In addition, they assemble family boxes that include everything from laundry detergent to milk to toothpaste, and everything in between.
The family boxes are filled with food for the entire family, but especially for those kids who are home during the day alone while their parents are gone. These items include instant oatmeal, soup, peanut butter and jelly and ramen noodles, just to name a few.
Edgewood has provided hundreds of family boxes to families of WCS students and employees over the years. They also collect monetary donations to purchase items for the family boxes and to donate to the food banks so they are able to purchase the items they are still needing to fill their shelves. Last year, Edgewood was able to donate thousands of items and $2,000 each to CCS and Our Father’s House, as well as The Beaman Home received items to help stock their kitchen.
Edgewood has partnered with Kerlin Bus Sales and a private donor for the past few years to help make these donations possible.
Many of the other departments of WCS also help out. Transportation helps with making deliveries and picking up perishables from the store; maintenance picks up, delivers and unloads bulk non-perishables; and the administration office collects items to donate to the cause.
Edgewood has also partnered with Kroger over the years. Kroger stores allow students and faculty members to collect donations from their customers. The entire school gets involved in one way or another. Many bring in items from home or by asking their neighbors, but many aren’t able to do that, so they help at school by sorting the items, assembling family boxes, moving the items to the various storage areas, loading the trucks, etc.
If you would like to help meet the goals this year, they will be at Kroger on Center Street on Saturday, Dec. 10 and Saturday, Dec. 17 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. WCS will also accept donations at Edgewood, 900 S. Union St., during the week from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. until Dec. 19.
