What a great visit we had to the food pantry today! For starters, there was a fantastic response to a school-wide competition: 385 food items were collected this month! The middle schoolers alone brought in an astounding 209 items — way to go, middle schoolers! Here’s all of the food before we loaded it into Mrs. Smith’s truck:
Because this is a super-busy week at the food pantry, we had to use the back entrance to bring in the food. It took much longer than usual to unload it all!
After we emptied bags and boxes, Miss Sandy offered to take us into the Shaker barn to see their Thanksgiving operation. Thanksgiving is the busiest time of the year at the food pantry. Yesterday they gave out 915 boxes of food to families in our community, and they expected to give another 600 today! What a wonderful work is done at the York County Homeless Shelter Food Pantry. We are so privileged to be a part of it.
After we left the barn, we loaded back into our vehicles and visited the bakery for some delicious yummies….
…and then visited Friendship Park on our way back to school!
A busy morning of academics and a busy afternoon of service, all mixed together with friends and fun: the perfect recipe for a great school day. 🙂
Mrs. Elliott's Classroom 