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Students Helping Students |
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Wednesday, 16 April 2008 |
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Students Helping Students
Compete against other local schools and win big! Santa Cruz Skate Shop have teamed up with Second Harvest to reward your outstanding effort through Grind Out Hunger. The elementary, junior high and high school with the most pounds of food per student collected will receive a total of $1,200 worth of merchandise from Santa Cruz Skate Shop. The winning elementary school will receive a $300 gift certificate as well as the winning junior high. The winning high school will recieve a $600 gift certificate! The real winners are students in our community that won't go hungry. |
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Wednesday, 16 April 2008 |
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Grind Out Hunger was put together this year by Danny Keith, owner of Santa Cruz Skate Shop. It is a campaign that partners with Second Harvest to encourage youth in helping peers with the very personal issue of hunger. Last holiday season, local schools were encouraged to participate in friendly competition and the winning schools were rewarded with gift certificates totaling $1,200 to Danny’s Skate Shop. Through creative projects like a gift wrapping fundraiser at Capitola Mall, Empire Academy came in with an astonishing 4,609 pounds of food. With only 37 students, this equates to 125 pounds per student! As for next year, Director Sinda Merritt says, “Our goal is to reach 8 to 10 thousand pounds of food. We want to win the overall all pounds per school!” This is a lofty goal to compete with the likes of Aptos High and Soquel High, but they feel a passion and value to help end hunger in our community. Second Harvest is so proud of the students that make up Empire Academy. They caught and ran with the vision of kids helping kids through Grind Out Hunger. |
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