Tomorrow is our school’s annual 100th Day Food Drive. We challenge every class to collect 100 items of food by The 100th day and we donate it to two local food pantries. Last year brought in a lot of food and it is our hope that this year does the same. Unfortunately with so many snow days and the winter break, collection has been a bit slower than it has in the past. We are hoping for one big push tomorrow to get the classes to their goal.
In the past we have used large bins for collecting but after a few years of the collections, we have dwindled down to just a few bins and unfortunately those bins are snowed into our garage. Today, Drew and I went to a convenience store in town to try to buy recyclable shopping bags so that I could give s bunch to each classroom. I am hoping that they will be stronger and more durable for transporting the food than paper or plastic ones. I was hoping to get a good deal on them since they were for a community service project. No such luck at the first store. They had some but weren’t willing to sell them for less than a dollar and I needed over 100 of them so that wasn’t going to work!
We headed over to the local Pathmark. I was hoping that if I could speak to a manager, perhaps we’d get lucky. As we walked in the front door, we passed a bin FILLED to the top with them. They had Superbowl XLVIII on them and since the Superbowl is over, they were all on clearance! Twenty cents each. I brought one to customer service hoping that there was no limit and there wasn’t so Drew and I scooped up all 115 that we needed for only $25! (I love a bargain!)
Tomorrow is collection day. I have arranged for volunteers to meet me after school to help transport the food. I don’t know if we will reach our goal of 100 items per class, but no matter how much we get, it will be a success and I am grateful to everyone who makes this day possible every year.
A Project for Kindness 