Chobani helps schools with food drive challenge
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.”
Overall, students donated 6,015 food items, weighing a total of 3,843 pounds. Volunteers, with the help of Liberty Partnership, worked together to load and unload food at each local community food cupboard.
Stanton said the food drive was a great success and praised the students who brought in donations. “Richfield Springs said they have never collected that much in any food drive before,” she added.
In Oxford, Kendra Reynolds and Sarah Hodge, two students in David Guinn’s eighth grade science class and winners in the Chobani Challenge, chose to forfeit the pizza and yogurt party in exchange for Chobani to make a monetary donation to the Oxford Food Cupboard. Respecting their wish, Chobani wrote an additional $30 check to the Oxford pantry.
“The whole class applauded the students’ decision,” Guinn said. “I applaud them. I really think it was generous.”
“It’s amazing what the kids are doing for their communities,” said Stanton. She explained that last year, the only participants were Perry Browne and Gibson Elementary. “It went well, but we really wanted to expand it. We are hoping next year to expand even more.”
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.”
Overall, students donated 6,015 food items, weighing a total of 3,843 pounds. Volunteers, with the help of Liberty Partnership, worked together to load and unload food at each local community food cupboard.
Stanton said the food drive was a great success and praised the students who brought in donations. “Richfield Springs said they have never collected that much in any food drive before,” she added.
In Oxford, Kendra Reynolds and Sarah Hodge, two students in David Guinn’s eighth grade science class and winners in the Chobani Challenge, chose to forfeit the pizza and yogurt party in exchange for Chobani to make a monetary donation to the Oxford Food Cupboard. Respecting their wish, Chobani wrote an additional $30 check to the Oxford pantry.
“The whole class applauded the students’ decision,” Guinn said. “I applaud them. I really think it was generous.”
“It’s amazing what the kids are doing for their communities,” said Stanton. She explained that last year, the only participants were Perry Browne and Gibson Elementary. “It went well, but we really wanted to expand it. We are hoping next year to expand even more.”
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