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Urgent! Volunteers Needed for
Saturday, November 7th!!
Hello University School Families and Friends,
The Second Harvest Food Bank™ and University School
need your help! University School has begun a food drive to help members
of the surrounding eight counties served by the
Second Harvest Food Bank of
Northeast Tennessee™. This food drive is part of a friendly
competition between area schools. Last year, the schools in this area
raised over 86,000 pounds of food in Second Harvest’s single largest
food drive event! This is University School’s first year of
participation and we would love your help and support in making it
successful.
University School will begin accepting food and
monetary donations at designated drop-off points throughout the school
on Monday, October 26th. We will have student
volunteers positioned in front of the school every morning and afternoon
until Friday, November 6th to add to the convenience of
dropping off your donations. We want to encourage your family to
donate! We also ask you to
encourage other family, friends, and neighbors to donate as well.
Second Harvest Food Bank requests a variety of canned vegetables and
fruits, juices, tuna, canned meals, pork and beans, stews, peanut
butter, etc.
We need to
THINK HEAVY!
There is a limit of 1,000 pounds of flour and 1,000 pounds of sugar per
school. PLEASE NOTE: NO
Perishable Items, NO Pet Food, NO Clothing, NO Bulk Items, and NO Soda
or Water!
As a part of the food drive, local Wal-Mart™ stores
are allowing students from schools in this area to collect food
donations from 8:00am until 4:00pm at the entrances of their stores.
University School has been
scheduled on Saturday, October 24th and Saturday, November 7th
at the new Wal-mart™ on West Market Street (11E) in Johnson City.
Customers who wish to donate will be given a bag to place their
donations into. After the customer purchases the items, the cashiers
will place them back into the bag and our students will accept that bag
as customers exit the store. We
are asking all middle and high school parents to encourage their
children to sign up for at least one 2-hour shift to assist in this
venture. Signup sheets for student volunteers are located in the
front office. Adult supervision is also needed on these dates. Please
consider donating your time to this worthy cause. If you are willing to
act as a supervisor, please contact Mike Roberts by email (robertsm@etsu.edu)
or office phone (439-7054). If you cannot reach me by phone, please
leave a message with a contact number and I will return your call as
soon as possible.
We are in the process of planning other events to
maximize donations. I will keep you informed as the plans are
solidified.
Please help University School stamp out hunger in our
area. With the state of our economy, requests for assistance are at an
all time high. Let’s come together and show how much University School
cares for those in need! Thank you for your time and support.
Sincerely,
Mike Roberts
University School
Student Food Drive Advisor
Email:
robertsm@etsu.edu or
1mroberts@charter.net
Office: 423-439-7054
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