COLUMBUS – With the holiday season upon us, Agro Farma Inc. has been working with local school districts to gather donations for community food pantries in the Second Annual Chobani Champions Goodwill Food Drive Challenge.

This year, the challenge was accepted by eight different schools spanning Chenango, Madison and Otsego counties. Grades K-5 and 6-8 at Perry Browne, Gibson Primary and Norwich Middle School, Oxford (both elementary and middle school), Waterville Central School and Richfield Springs (both the elementary and middle school) all participated in an effort to gather food that would be distributed to each district’s pantry.

“The program operated on a points system,” expalined Chobani Champions Coordinator Cassie Stanton. “Every item brought in was worth one point. The classroom in each school that had the most points would receive a yogurt and pizza party.”

The challenge began Oct. 14 and lasted four weeks, leading up to a final food drive at the Norwich Family YMCA on Nov. 12. Students who brought items to the YMCA food drive received “double points.”