The Lane-Scott Electric Cooperative Annual Food Drive Challenge to stock pantries for summer was better than ever this year! The participating classes were determined to help a great cause, and of course win the challenge to receive $100 for their classroom and a year-end pizza party!
In all, over 4,500 items were collected for the Lane County Food Bank in Dighton and Ness County Food Bank in Ransom. That beats our previous record by more than 1,000 items since the challenge started!
Dighton Elementary collected 2,896 items for Lane County. Western Plains North, Western Plains South and Sacred Heart of Ness City collected 1,646 items for Ness County.
The challenge encourages students to reach out to their communities to collect items.
“We are so grateful for the students, teachers, and community who contributed toward our cause,” said Ann Marie Jennings, Lane-Scott Electric member services. “With grocery costs at an all-time high, what a great year to help our food banks stock-up before summer.”
