Students in Point Pleasant Schools Collect Over Three Tons Of Food For Hunger Drive

That’s a lot of food.

Students in the Point Pleasant school school district went all out during the recent 3rd Annual Students Change Hunger Holiday Food Drive competition, district spokesperson Jacquelyn Goss said.

The district’s four schools brought in 6,082 pounds of food, equivalent to 3.04 tons. Memorial Middle School won the FoodBank’s Spirit of Giving Award, which recognizes groups that have demonstrated exceptional spirit, commitment and dedication toward the cause of fighting hunger, she said.

Point Pleasant Borough High School received the Philip N. Connelly Award, an award that recognizes the school’s exceptional efforts in fighting hunger.

2014 was the seventh consecutive year district students collected for people at risk of hunger in New Jersey, Goss said.

Students Change Hunger was developed through a collaborative effort between the New Jersey Federation of Food Banks and a consortium of five independent nonprofit food banks, she said.

The Federation is comprised of the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, the Food Bank of South Jersey, Mercer Street Friends, NORWESCAP Food Bank as well as the FoodBank of Monmouth & Ocean Counties, formerly the lead organization for the Holiday Hunger Challenge.

The Students Change Hunger program’s participating schools compete against each other for a chance to win various awards of distinction, Goss said.