This is truly awesome how the students and staff at a small public school (along with the help of local fire, police, and community groups) can affect so many families in such a positive way! What a great campaign Uptergrove Public School’s Stamp Out Hunger is.
Students outdo themselves
As truck after truck paraded in front of Uptergrove Public School on Thursday, the screams got louder and louder.
Students couldn’t believe that each one of those trucks was filled to the brim with food they collected for the less fortunate.
“I hope we break our record,” Grade 6 student Erika Downing shouted from the crowd.
With help from the OPP, fire departments from Orillia, Rama, Ramara and Severn and numerous community groups, that record was broken. A total of approximately 327,000 food items were collected and scheduled to be distributed to the Salvation Army and area food banks in time for Christmas.
But the total didn’t stop there.
