The kids are all right.
The annual UCC Lancers Scare Hunger food drive has once again delivered – literally – to Chatham Outreach for Hunger.
“It was fantastic!” Brenda LeClair, executive director of Outreach for Hunger, said in a news release. “On Monday, truck after truck after truck kept rolling up to our doors with skids of food. We are overwhelmed and couldn’t be happier.”
The annual food drive, organized by the UCC Cares Group, fans out across neighbourhoods to collect non-perishable food items.
This year’s contributions filled the school’s foyer and lined the main hallway.
Van Hoof Siding Place offered its cube van and a driver to help get the donated food across town to Outreach for Hunger. In addition, UCC staff with SUVs and pickup trucks volunteered to join the convoy of vehicles.
“The students are amazing,” LeClair said. “They haul all of the food into our warehouse and stock the shelves for us.”
UCC top educator Lisa Harnarine said the students and staff stepped up.
“I want to thank our students, staff and the residents of our community, who always come through for us,” Harnarine, principal of UCC, said.
The annual fundraiser comes just in time to help support the busy Christmas season at Outreach for Hunger.
“The timing couldn’t be better,” LeClair said. “Our supplies were getting pretty low; but now we’re in good shape as we head into the Christmas season.”
