Students at Lighthouse Christian Academy in Langford waged a friendly competition within a competition for a recent food bank challenge.

The K-12 school, challenged by Saanich counterpart Pacific Christian School to collect as much food as possible in a two-week time period to help out the struggling Mustard Seed Food Bank, gathered up nearly 1,800 pounds worth of non-perishable items by the cutoff last week.

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Older students among the 152 enrolled at the school helped load the food up for the trip into town last Friday.

The experience showed Ocello how well the students of all ages and their families can work together on a worthwhile cause.

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