Eagan High School Students Collect Thousands of Food Items During Six-Day Drive

A six-day food drive at Eagan High School brought in 2,250 food items and $4,500 in donations, according to food drive coordinator Jane Lee.

Eagan students kicked off the food drive last week in honor of Food Share Month. As part of the drive, the school's 100 homerooms were divided into 25 teams, which competed in a day-to-day competition.

Participants were asked to bring food products centered around daily themes; last Thursday, for example was designated "Veggie Tales" day, and students collected vegetables to match the theme. The winning team will receive breakfast sponsored by the high school's student government, which organized the drive.

Student government members helped process and box items each day in the library—and many teachers matched donations from students, according to food drive coordinator and Eagan High School staff member Jane Lee. All items collected by the drive this year were donated to the Eagan & Lakeville Resource Centers, Lee added.

The school's donations easily surpassed last year's food drive totals. In 2012, participants collected 1,440 food items and $1,000 in donations.

The homeroom teams that collected the most food and money during the drive are as follows:

3rd Place:
Ms. Rietveld, Mr. Wirsbinski, Mr. Remington, Mr. B. Johnson—197 items and $558

2nd Place:
Ms. Haus, Ms. K. Hanson, Ms. Lee, Ms. Blundell—445 items and $588.50

1st Place:
Ms. Knutsen, Ms. Anderson, Ms. Terhark, Mr. Melchior—64 items and $826