Bear Creek food drive brings in almost 9,000 pounds of food for Hopelink
Published 11:07 am Monday, November 12, 2012
From Oct. 29 to Nov. 2, The Bear Creek School’s chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS) sponsored a food drive that brought in 8,980 pounds of food (valued at $13,470) for Redmond-based human services organization Hopelink.
NHS members posted signs and placed bins near all the classroom doors and then collected the donations each day and delivered the food to Hopelink’s food bank in Redmond. The students also organized a “Trick-or-Canning” event on the Sunday before Halloween. Many Upper School students went Trick-or-Canning on Halloween night as well, accepting cans of food instead of candy. In addition, students collected donations from shoppers at QFC on Redmond Ridge. To encourage donations, the NHS also sponsored a contest to see which class could bring in the most cans per capita.
