Annual food drive helps out Wheatland Food Bank

Shannon LeClair

Times Reporter

 

The month of May is often a really tough time for the Wheatland Food Bank, and for the past few years the Jesus of Christ Latter-Day Saints, LDS, church has been running a food drive to help them out. This year students from Strathmore High School’s, SHS, Student Leadership Council, SLC, will be helping with the drive. 

“The food bank said they are always short during the month of May so we felt it’d be a good time to do a food drive,” said Brooklyn Davidson, a member of the SLC food drive team. 

“We’re just taking on the Hillview area. The LDS church is doing the rest of the community.”

Some of the students knew about the church food drive and had wanted to help out the community in some way. The SLC contacted the church to see how they would be able to help out, and were assigned the Hillview area. 

Flyers are being distributed in the area, informing residents of what will be happening, and allowing them a chance to prepare to help out. The SLC will be collecting non-perishable items, including toothbrushes, toothpaste, and other items the food bank is usually in need of. 

“They can just leave their food out on their doorstep, and we’ll just come pick it up so we wont have to hassle them,” said Davidson. 

During the Halloween food drive, students were able to fill the back of an SUV thanks to all of the support from residents, and Davidson said they are hoping to collect at least that much again. 

“This involves the whole community, and SLC would really like the community to help out. We’re happy to be doing it, and hope to be doing it again next year,” said Davidson.

The SLC will be collecting donations from Hillview residents on May 14, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Anyone wishing to help out can leave the items, with the flyer, on their doorstep and someone will stop by to pick it up. The whole town will be canvassed, and the hope is to be able to provide enough food to the food bank to fill it up until fall.