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Libertyville High School Donates Almost 400 Boxes of Food
LHS Student Council members and student volunteers form a human chain to send off food to the needy.
The Libertyville High School Student Council Annual Food Drive ended Nov. 24 with nearly 400 boxes of food and toiletries collected and packaged for the . At 7am on Wednesday, student volunteers joined Student Council members and formed a human chain from the teacher's cafeteria to the loading dock to move the boxes onto a truck.
"This was a great thing to do," said Stephen Stanis, student council corresponding secretary. "Local organizations need more food, there are people out there every day that need this food. It's fantastic that the school's so open to doing this every year."
Stanis and Student Council Vice President Niki Indart, both seniors, have been involved with the food drive since coming to LHS and believe that this year the student body collected more than in the previous three years.
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"We did a lot better with correspondence this year," Indart said. "There was a drop off in the front foyer where people dropped off a lot of food and the class competition brought in a lot as well."
The winner of the class competition received gift certificates to purchase other items for needy children in the area.
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Julie Delaney, an LHS teacher who oversees the food drive, said the winning class, consisting of 17 students, brought in 802 items.
"I really think we brought in more this year than last year," Delaney said. "In addition, we have a lot more toiletry items and diapers, things that don't always get donated in a food drive."
The food drive usually ends with a human chain moving boxes of food from the front entrance of the high school to the parking lot. This year, due to changes within the building, the food chain was much smaller, but still contained around 30 students that moved the food very rapidly. All of the boxes were loaded onto the truck in about an hour.
"It's always fun to be a part of the human chain," Indart said. "It's nice having so many people help out. It's amazing to see how quickly it goes."
The Libertyville Township Food Pantry says that the LHS Student Council Food Drive brings in its biggest donation of the year. The food pantry is open on Tuesdays from 10 am to 3 pm and serves community members in need.
