WBMS Students Collect More Than 1,300 Juice Boxes
WBMS students collect more than 1,300 juice boxes
Students in five different Family and Consumer Sciences classes at William Byrd Middle School participated in the annual Juice Drive to support the Southwest Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank. Over the course of a few weeks, students collected more than 1,300 juice boxes to help kick-off the 2009 Juice Drive.
“Helping out with this drive is one more way our students live by the pillars of Character Counts, especially Caring and Citizenship,” said WBMS principal Janet Womack.
Miss Central Virginia, Madison VanDuyne visited the school April 6 to meet the students and see first-hand how much juice the students collected. This is her second year helping with the Juice Drive.
“I am very proud of these students who have worked hard to help others in the community. I would love to see more schools and students in this area getting involved with this program to give back to the community,” said VanDuyne.
“We are so proud of these students for kicking off the Juice Drive with a bang. It’s great to see students dedicated to helping their peers who are struggling with hunger in southwestern Virginia and we wish all the other classes in our area the best of luck with their Juice Drives”, said Kitty Tabor, Food Procurement Manager at the Southwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank.
- 2009 Juice Drive: Collect 100% Juice to support the Southwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank’s 62 Kid’s Café Programs.
- The Food Bank’s Children’s Programs served more than 380,000 meals and snacks last year, a majority of which included 100% Juice.
- 46,000 children in southwestern Virginia are living in poverty and are at-risk for hunger.
- Juice Drive runs April 1- 30, and any and all are welcome to participate. Visit www.swvafoodbank.org for more details on to get involved.
- 2009 Juice Drive sponsors are WSLS, Kroger, Acquisition Title & Settlement Agency, and Member One
About the Southwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank
The SWVA Second Harvest Food Bank was founded in 1981 and is an affiliate member of Feeding America (formerly America’s Second Harvest). The Food Bank’s ultimate mission is to eliminate hunger in the region. The primary function of the Food Bank is to secure large quantities of food for the hungry. More than 11-million pounds of food is channeled through a network of more than 350 partner feeding programs (in a 26-county and 10-city region) that provide food or meals to those in need annually. Visit www.swvafoodbank.org for more information.