Geneva School District 304 employees Brian Bastin, left, and Don Letterer unload a truck full of donated food pantry items as middle school pastor Grant Diamond takes a box off the truck Monday morning at First Baptist Church in Geneva. As part of Red Ribbon Week last week, all six District 304 elementary schools collected the items as part of a Stuff the Truck campaign to benefit the pantry. Bastin and Letterer are from Geneva and Batavia, respectively, and Diamond lives in Geneva.
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The six Geneva School District 304 elementary schools — Heartland, Mill Creek, Fabyan, Western Avenue, Harrison Street and Williamsburg — accepted last week the challenge of filling a truck with donations for a local food pantry in connection with events during Red Ribbon Week.
It was all part of a “Stuff the Truck” campaign to help restock the food pantry at First Baptist Church in Geneva.
For a week the schools collected donations, and on Monday a driver went to each school to pick up the goods and deliver them to the food pantry.
In preparation for “Stuff the Truck,” families on Sunday helped decorate the truck with red ribbons and signs.
Red Ribbon Week is a citywide initiative to promote smart choices and drug prevention.
For more information on the food pantry, call (630) 232-7068, ext. 131.
Student ministries pastor Sterling Moore pulls a cart full of donated items into the church Monday morning at First Baptist in Geneva. As part of Red Ribbon Week last week, District 304 elementary schools collected the items as part of a Stuff the Truck campaign to benefit the pantry. Moore lives in Batavia.
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Volunteers and staff members at First Baptist Church in Geneva begin to organize the donated items Monday morning.
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