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B次元官网网址淎t this time of year the food banks get really low on their supplies,B次元官网网址� said Grade 11 Kallista Newby, adding that students really want to seize this opportunity to help out.
Spearheaded by BelmontB次元官网网址檚 leadership class, the Spring Out of Hunger drive will take place on Wednesday, April 26.
While this event was previously referred to as the 10,000 Tonight Spring Edition, this year students wanted to re-brand it and give the spring push its own identity.
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Despite the fact 10,000 Tonight last took place roughly five months ago, Newby said many feel like it just happened. That said, shelves at the food bank in Langford are looking rather bare, as much of the supply brought in through the holiday months has been used up.
Unlike the winter drive, Rasmussen noted, the spring event is more about getting students out on foot because the weatherB次元官网网址檚 nicer and thereB次元官网网址檚 more daylight. Last year, she said with a laugh, one resident let students borrow a wagon so they were able to cart more food back and forth.
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Students will head out on April 26 at around 5:30 p.m. with drivers departing around 6:00. The walkers will call it a night when the sun sets, while drivers will be called back to the school at approximately 8:30 p.m.
If youB次元官网网址檙e not going to be around that evening, items can be dropped off ahead of time at Belmont secondary, 3041 Langford Lake Rd. A little closer to the date of the event, food donation boxes will be set up at Westshore Town Centre. Students are also hoping to engage area middle schoolers to help get the word out in the community.
The leadership class has partnered with their counterparts at Edward Milne Community School in Sooke on the project. Those students will be canvassing their neighbourhoods in support of the Sooke Food Bank Society.
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