Making Thanksgiving Better, One Can At A Time

Halloween has come and gone, with Jack-o-lanterns and ghosts being replaced with orange and yellow leaves that crinkle beneath boots. Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and turkeys everywhere are as nervous as us humans are excited for the holiday.

And, although many families gather around tables of cranberry sauce and stuffing, there are many who go hungry, even in our own Tri-Town.

At Old Rochester Regional, the members of the Community Service Learning club (CSL) are collecting canned goods in order to give every family a Thanksgiving with a table full of food.

But first, who are the members of CSL, and what do they do?

As club advisor, Heidi Graser said, “It’s a group of students that are interested and willing to do various community service acts in the local community, as well as the national community. Students that want to give back.” The group meets every other Tuesday to discuss (and carry out) ways to help the community for the greater good.

The food drive, which ends Friday, November 20, is calling on the school community to donate items like stuffing and any other nonperishable food items. There is, of course, a greater need for traditional Thanksgiving foods at this time of year.

“We have a list of food items that has been posted on the school Facebook page,” said Graser, which is quite handy for those of us who aren’t really sure what a food pantry needs to supply Thanksgiving meals.

When walking through the school, students and staff are surrounded by posters painted in shades of yellow, orange and red, as well as top-notch hand turkeys, promoting the food drive. On top of the posters, there are orange donation boxes, which have been placed in homerooms.

“All food can be donated in students’ homerooms or the front office,” said Graser. This means that community members who might not have a child at Old Rochester can drop by the main office and support the food drive if they wish.

By Sienna Wurl

 

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