One eager and considerate student sparked a food drive at Millstream elementary that is helping stock the shelves at Goldstream Food Bank this holiday season.
Before staff at the school even had a chance to start organizing a food hamper drive, Grade 3 student Madison Levagood approached them.
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To get her campaign going the eight-year-old is talking to classes of students, is speaking at assemblies, making announcements over the PA system and collecting donated food items from her peers.
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Decorated boxes were put in every classroom in the school for students to donate. The overflow was used to build a food Christmas tree in the lobby of the school.
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The food collected at the school was picked up last Thursday. There is no exact final tally but Levagood said the school collected a considerable amount of food.
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