Warriors help feed the hungry

By Amir Barton News Editor

According to the Crete-Monee student government Facebook page, students far surpassed the 700 non-perishable canned-food drive goal, donating to the Crete food pantry with a total count of 1,016 donated items. First place went to PO Reed’s class with 222 items, and second place went to Mrs. Hysell with 157 items.

This was the flyer that promoted the canned food drive. Flyer courtesy of Ms. Myhre.

Every day (the drive ended on Nov. 27), the student government went around during hero periods to collect canned goods and non-perishables, and several students donated to the effort.

“I will be donating to the food drive because I don't ever want to be in the position where I'm in need of food, and because of that, I will do anything I can to help those who are in those positions,” Roman Johnson said.

A’Laura King also stated that she will be donating to the food pantry alongside Roman Johnson.

I will be bringing items to the food drive, and I do know people in my 4th-period class who are bringing canned foods as well.

After the student government hosted the food drive, notes were examined, and tallies of the items selected for the winning class were recorded.

“I think they will collect more than what they are reaching towards because I see a lot of people in my fourth-period class, and I hear the same from other classes,” King said.

A student then gave a quote on what they think the most acceptable reward for the class that wins the food drive competition should be.

“They can offer something like a donut or pizza party because students love to eat, and I feel like that will make them engage,” Bryce Spencer said.

There are also curiosities from staff on how the students think they can be occasionally reminded to bring their non-perishable/canned items from home to donate to the food drive.

“They can send emails out to parents rather than students because they will be more on top of the food drive than their teens,” Spencer said.

Here are some more ways students feel they can be reminded more of the food drive events.

“Post flyers to get students' attention and upload them to the school's Instagram page to get social media students' attention,” Johnson said.

Staff also had their own personal concerns about how many items students are donating per day.

“My class has donated over 10 items so far. As far as I know, students are deeply engaged in the food drive and are for sure a competition for that award,” Spencer said.