'Tis the Season: School Food Drive for Food Bank

This year for our school-wide community service project, JFH will support the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank through the Holiday Season.

Over the course of 27 years, the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network has grown to support more than 400 agencies that serve nearly 130,000 unique individuals living in nine cities and 25 counties. Last year, the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network distributed more than 10.8 million pounds of food. We will be sponsoring a food drive to help this organization that helps so many in our community.

As a school, we will be holding a competition to see which team can collect the most items of food. Items to bring include nonperishable foods such as noodles, boxed foods, peanut butter, and any canned foods.

Beginning November 16th, students will find collection boxes for your team in the cafeteria. Please place your donations in your team's box. Our school goal is to collect 2,000 items for the food bank, and a contest will be held between teams to see who can collect the most. We will be counting the donations each week and awarding the team with the highest donation with special incentives.

Thank you for your help and support in this school-wide project! What an amazing way to kick off the holiday season.

Any questions may be directed to Mr. Ruliffson or Mrs. Swortzel.