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Fill the Bus adds 2,880 pounds to food
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January 22, 2012 |
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The fifth annual Fill the Bus food drive held on
Martin Luther King Jr. Day was another
successful year for food collection in Boundary
County, according to Pam Moe.
This was a Lewis-Clark Service Corps service
project organized by Mrs. Moe, a former
AmeriCorps member, and Megan Brown, the current
AmeriCorps member, both from Valley View
Elementary.
“It is amazing what a small town can do in just
a few short hours,” Brown said.
On Monday, 95 student and teacher volunteers
from Boundary County School District, students
from Echo Springs, retired teachers, forest
service employees, and many more showed up to
help load 2,880 pounds of food into two school
district buses.
Ronnie and Mike Howe have volunteered their time
for seven hours at Akins Harvest Foods for the
past four years.
The buses were weighed at General Feed and Grain
after they were loaded with all of the food and
donated household items.
The buses took the food to Community Action
Partnership food bank in Bonners Ferry.
Volunteers formed an old fire brigade line and
moved all donations from the buses to the back
of the food bank in about 15 minutes.
In cash donations, $866.92 was collected, which
went directly to Community Action Partnership.
“We are grateful to Boundary County School
District, all the volunteers, Safeway, and Akins
Harvest Foods and, of course, all the donors for
their generous contributions!” said Moe. |
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