Memorial Elementary School participated in the Cram-A-Cruiser event in support of Hamilton Food Share recently.
The school’s leadership team — made up of Grade 7s and 8s — filled a Hamilton police cruiser with more than 20 boxes of food destined for food share on May 15 after kindergarten to Grade 8 students collected donations over the course of about two weeks for those in need.
“We all feel that everyone deserves the chance to be able to have food to eat,” leadership team member and Grade 8 student Siena Bailey says. “It feels good to know that this will help individuals and families in our community.”
Memorial was among 26 Hamilton public and Catholic schools that took part in the Cram-A-Cruiser event, which sees students playing a key role in spreading generosity and kindness in their school communities by collecting much-needed food at a time when food bank stocks are depleted.
Thanks to a unified effort, the initiative had generated an estimated 11,000 pounds of food for food share as of May 16, with more still pouring in.
Hamilton Food Share resource development manager Celeste Taylor said the organization is “overjoyed” by the response.
“It’s just heartwarming and means so much,” she said. “There’s 12,500 people who need food banks in Hamilton every month — a third of whom are children. Poverty is great in our city and every bit of food helps ensure somebody gets something to eat each day.”
Memorial Elementary School participated in the Cram-A-Cruiser event in support of Hamilton Food Share recently.
The school’s leadership team — made up of Grade 7s and 8s — filled a Hamilton police cruiser with more than 20 boxes of food destined for food share on May 15 after kindergarten to Grade 8 students collected donations over the course of about two weeks for those in need.
“We all feel that everyone deserves the chance to be able to have food to eat,” leadership team member and Grade 8 student Siena Bailey says. “It feels good to know that this will help individuals and families in our community.”
Memorial was among 26 Hamilton public and Catholic schools that took part in the Cram-A-Cruiser event, which sees students playing a key role in spreading generosity and kindness in their school communities by collecting much-needed food at a time when food bank stocks are depleted.
Thanks to a unified effort, the initiative had generated an estimated 11,000 pounds of food for food share as of May 16, with more still pouring in.
Hamilton Food Share resource development manager Celeste Taylor said the organization is “overjoyed” by the response.
“It’s just heartwarming and means so much,” she said. “There’s 12,500 people who need food banks in Hamilton every month — a third of whom are children. Poverty is great in our city and every bit of food helps ensure somebody gets something to eat each day.”
Memorial Elementary School participated in the Cram-A-Cruiser event in support of Hamilton Food Share recently.
The school’s leadership team — made up of Grade 7s and 8s — filled a Hamilton police cruiser with more than 20 boxes of food destined for food share on May 15 after kindergarten to Grade 8 students collected donations over the course of about two weeks for those in need.
“We all feel that everyone deserves the chance to be able to have food to eat,” leadership team member and Grade 8 student Siena Bailey says. “It feels good to know that this will help individuals and families in our community.”
Memorial was among 26 Hamilton public and Catholic schools that took part in the Cram-A-Cruiser event, which sees students playing a key role in spreading generosity and kindness in their school communities by collecting much-needed food at a time when food bank stocks are depleted.
Thanks to a unified effort, the initiative had generated an estimated 11,000 pounds of food for food share as of May 16, with more still pouring in.
Hamilton Food Share resource development manager Celeste Taylor said the organization is “overjoyed” by the response.
“It’s just heartwarming and means so much,” she said. “There’s 12,500 people who need food banks in Hamilton every month — a third of whom are children. Poverty is great in our city and every bit of food helps ensure somebody gets something to eat each day.”