We had incredible results from this year’s Community Food Drive! We partnered with Rotary After Hours, Sunrise Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis & Zonta service clubs!
The food drive collected an incredible 7,000 pounds of food (3.5 TONS!), divided between the LCCC Food Pantry and Veterans’ Rock. We also raised $4,000 in monetary donations to further support both the LCCC pantry for students and the Veterans' Rock. $2,500 of the monetary donations came from Southern Power in Birmingham, AL. Two SP employees who are Rotarians visited our club in July and were so impressed with our club that they asked SP to donate to our food drive.
- 33 LCCC-connected volunteers helped throughout the day, including 11 students representing Rotaract, PTK, PTA, AI, and STEAM Clubs, as well as faculty and staff: Alex Barker, Dr. Julie Semlak, Trevor Swarm, Steve Jensen, Jill Stringer, Jeanette Morris, Brendon Larsen, Maia Vacks, and Dr. Danielle Ryan .
- We were also joined by a Central High School Interact Club and their advisor, community members, and some of our youngest helpers ever (2 kiddos, 1 toddler, and even a baby)!
- Another approximately 44 additional community volunteers joined the effort at the three Grocery Stores, including Carole Boughton at Safeway, who started this wonderful annual tradition.
A HUGE thank you to everyone who donated, volunteered, hauled, sorted food, and helped make this possible.
LCCC volunteers and fully stocked pantry.
