Libertyville High students wrap up annual food drive by loading trucks
An annual traditional mixing charity, teamwork and a healthy dose of manual labor continued Wednesday morning at Libertyville High School.
About 40 students came together before school to load two trucks with boxes and bags filled with donated items from a recent food drive. The more than 9,000 items will be donated to the Libertyville Township Food Pantry.
Libertyville High students have formed human chains to handle the task every fall for decades.
This year, they formed two lines to move food from a donated storage container to the trucks.
"The kids view the canned food drive as an important way to give back to our community," said student council adviser Andrea Lara. "We do a lot of other philanthropic activities at Libertyville High School, and I think the kids find them rewarding and important."
The record for the school's food drive was set in 2002, when more than 74,500 items were collected.
Libertyville High's charitable work isn't over. The school is about to launch Project WISH, which stands for Wildcat Initiative for Sharing at the Holidays. Students will raise money to purchase gifts for more than 100 needy Lake County families.
"October, November and December are truly the giving season at LHS," Lara said.