Lending a helping hand

Times Reporter

 

Grade 5 students from Westmount Elementary School had a chance to learn first hand how they could help those less fortunate on Sept. 22. 

Marie Van Driel’s class went to Marianne and George Pinchbeck’s house to pick carrots, clean them up and then deliver them to the food bank. The Pinchbecks grandson Mitchell is in the class, and this is the second time the couple has had students come by picking carrots.   

“Mrs. Pinchbeck (is) a former Grade 2 teacher herself, and so she had an excess of carrots and wanted to donate them to the food bank,” said Van Driel.

“We came over to help out, and pick and scrub and clean and deliver them over. It’s good for the kids to serve in the community and know that there’s a need at the food bank, and that they need to help their community.”     

“We did it when I was in Grade 2, and we just thought that it was good for the food bank, and to donate it to people,” said Mitchell Pinchbeck.

“We’ll probably do this again in two years or so, I think we’ll do this again.”

Marianne Pinchbeck still works for Golden Hills School Division and said it is very close to her. With their home located just blocks from the school it made sense to have the kids come by.  

“I’m a teacher and so I knew it’s part of the social (studies class), so we on purpose planted extra carrots so some kids could do this,” said Pinchbeck. 

“It makes me happy to do this,” said student Karter Kozma, 

The eight bags of carrots were well received by two women at the food bank who were grateful to have them. One of the women stated that if it weren’t for the generous donation of the carrots, then someone from the food bank would have had to go and buy them.