Lindale Faculty to Camp Out, Collect Food Donations

Some faculty members at will camp out next week in an effort to collect a storage unit full of food donations to give to the Anne Arundel County Food and Resource Bank.

Faculty members will camp out until they fill the 1,024-cubic-foot storage unit with food, according to a press release from Anne Arundel County Public Schools.

Last year, the school collected 7,800 pounds of food during the food drive.

“The support we received not only from our school, but from our community, last year was simply overwhelming,” Shawn Wingard said in the press release. Wingard is a special education teacher at Lindale who is helping to organize the event.

“It was truly inspiring to see people rally to help those in need during what is traditionally one of the food bank’s leanest times for donations. We are hoping to be able to donate 10,000 pounds of food this year,” he said in the release.

Drop off donations between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Jan. 9 to 13 at the school. Faculty members also will collect food from 3 to 10 p.m. all week as they camp near the storage unit.

According to Weather.com, temperatures are predicted to be between 32 and 45 degrees overnight next week.

For more information, contact Wingard at swingard@aacps.org or 410-691-4344.