EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Atlantic Christian School’s 2021 Bowls of Hope Food Drive set an exciting new school record this year, collecting a whopping 4,655 pounds of non-perishable food for the Community FoodBank of NJ, Southern Branch. Middle school and high school students on the Student Council, who helped organize the school-wide event, helped pack up and load onto wooden pallets the over two tons of donations for pickup by a FoodBank truck on Thursday, March 4.
Mrs. Mindy Capito’s 1st grade class also won first place in a contest among all the PreK-12th grade classes by collecting the most non-perishable food by weight — 442.4 pounds.
The food drive was held during the month of February. Hundreds of paper grocery bags donated by the English Creek Shoprite in Egg Harbor Township were sent home with students in the beginning of February for families to fill with their food donations.
“Thank you to all our school families and friends who brought in food to make this food drive an overwhelming success,” said faculty member Dave Genter, who oversaw the drive as the Student Council advisor. “You were Jesus’ hands and your donations are helping out many families in our community.” Mr. Genter said that ACS collected over four times more donations this year than last year, when ACS collected 1,021 pounds of food for the Community FoodBank of NJ.
Kathy Steinman, transportation supervisor at the FoodBank, thanked and congratulated ACS for its efforts. “Wow, you guys and gals did an amazing job,” Steinman said. “Thank you all for everything you did to help so many in need.”
Mrs. Capito’s 1st grade class will be enjoying a pizza party on March 15 for collecting the most donations by weight. Two other classes were also recognized for their efforts — in second place, Mrs. Lewis’ PreK2A class, which collected 419.8 pounds of food, and in 3rd place, Mrs. Brossman’s 1st grade class, which collected 385 pounds of food.
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