A no-contact food drive for primary school children
Sixth graders rolled up their sleeves to feed a few extra families over the holiday season.
Josée Lépine's class from the Saint-Patrice pavilion in Magog, whose basic aim was to spread some positive cheer in this time of pandemic and health restrictions. She also took the opportunity to make them aware of the different Magog realities of children their own age, who can sometimes be less pampered than they are.
Her 21 youngsters responded by collecting a total of 115 grocery bags, totalling 1420 pounds of food (644 kilos). She considers this result a resounding success, as her target was set at around 60 bags.
Charles Sullivan's family made a major contribution to the success of the campaign, filling some thirty bags.
To reach this grand total, students had to distribute grocery bags to neighborhood balconies, leaving an explanatory note stating the purpose of the project and the date the bags filled with food would be collected.
All these bags were delivered to the Memphrémagog Food Bank (BAM) on Wednesday (December 9). Two human chains were deployed to fill the trailer at the school and then unload it once the children were back at the BAM.
This organization then took care of distribution to families in need.
Adding the contribution from the two pavilions of the Saint-Patrice/Brassard school, the quantity of food reaches 4,000 pounds, or 1,814 kilograms.