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Forrestdale Receives "Spirit of Giving" Award
Forrestdale students collected 4,192 pounds of food and $966 of donations for the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.
Students at the in Rumson received the “Spirit of Giving Award” from the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.
The award came from their participation in the annual School Holiday Hunger Challenge. This event is a food drive that challenges all elementary, intermediate and high schools in Monmouth and Ocean County to collect food for those less fortunate during the holiday season.
From September 26 to November 21, over 47,000 students from 91 area schools collected 68,721 pounds of food as well as over $25,000 in monetary donations.
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Forrestdale students collected 4,192 pounds of food and $966 of donations for the holiday food drive. That put them at the top of collections in their division.
The goal of this School Holiday Hunger Challenge is to increase an unusually low food supply at the FoodBank as well as to provide complete family meals to those in need this holiday season. Each grade was assigned a specific food item, which was collected and delivered to the FoodBank where it was logged in and weighed. Items ranged from canned fruits and vegetables to boxed instant mashed potatoes.
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The FoodBank recognized the students with an awards ceremony at their facility on December 5.
In addition to being recognized for collecting the most in their division, Forrestdale School was one of nineteen schools that received the “Spirit of Giving Award” for their extraordinary efforts to support the Challenge.
Other awards included the following: Alpha High School in Jackson collected the highest poundage per student with 90 pounds a person. Howell High School collected the highest total poundage this year donating 12,704 pounds of food. Last year received this honor (Click to read about it). The first school to make a food drive delivery was Drum Point School in Brick. The special Philip N. Connelly Award was presented to the H.W. Mountz School in Spring Lake; Marlboro Early Learning Center in Marlboro; and Middletown HS North.
Congratulations to the students who participated in this challenge.
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