By

Angela Lopez,   Maldonado Elementary School

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Fight Hunger — Help Nourish Your Community

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Community Involvement

With Thanksgiving approaching, we decided to hold a food drive. We designated grade levels to bring different items and each grade level team also donated a turkey to give to those from our community who are in need.

How did students and adults work together as a team?

Adults and students from our SWAT and SHAC came up with what each grade level would bring.

How do you plan to make this Play last during the school year and beyond?

Every year we plan on collecting for more families within our community. Last year there was a higher demand than what we hadpreviously, so we planned on providing at least two more complete family meals for Thanksgiving.

What improvements have you seen at your school?

It is great to see our students get excited about giving back to the community. As a school it also helps us build relationships with our families.