Food Drive Comes To An End

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Ashley Vannoy 
Staff Reporter 
The annual food drive has come to
an end. Mrs.Owens has won the contest
every year since the new school opened.
Photo credit Ashley Vannoy. 
 Health careers teacher, Mrs. Owens has won the annual school food drive every year since the new high school opened. Recently her advisor class also won the TLC book drive.
            “I feel very fortunate to work with such generous kids and families.  It is really humbling to watch kids donate their own, hard earned money to help others.  The most rewarding part is seeing how great they (the students) feel by helping someone else,” said Mrs. Owens.
            Often, in some classes throughout the school, no one brings anything to donate.
Owens explained how she got her students to be encouraged to donate for the drives.
             “I start talking about the food drive on the first day of school.  I have engaged in many friendly competitions over the years (Mrs. Stille and Mrs. Corwin) which really motivates the kids also.  Bottom line is that students who are enrolled in Health Careers are typically very caring and empathetic by nature, so donating to the food drive is something they are all happy to do,” said Owens.
            Owens believes that it is important for students to understand the needs of others and be generous with whatever they have to offer.
            “Participating in the food drive builds a sense of community within the classroom and we have a LOT of fun with it,” said Owens.


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