WOOSTER — The importance and the impact of the annual Al Van Wie/Wooster Rotary Classic food drive was on display Monday, as people involved shared how the event is helping families and changing lives.
Darrell Lee of First-Knox National Bank said it was easy to serve as chairman of the event. Even though this was first year at the helm, all of the Rotary volunteers and the principals, teachers, staff and students at the participating schools made it easy.
Each year, ahead of the basketball tournament at the College of Wooster, the students participate in the food drive, collecting items for People to People Ministries. Between Oct. 31-Nov. 4, nearly 55,200 food items were delivered to the nonprofit organization to help feed families during
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Not a bad haul, but Carmichael questioned whether she would push the students to just bring in more year after year.
“We needed to do something different,” Carmichael said. “Do we want just numbers?”
A leadership team of fifth- and sixth-grade students was established. The team tackled the idea of what could be done to help students understand why the food drive is important. So, in the fall, the team decided to visit People to People Ministries to get a look at what happens behind the scenes.
The group helped portion out food packages for families in need. When Carmichael realized a family of four was getting six eggs for a four-day supply, it made her think about how she takes food for granted. Her family had consumed about eight eggs at one breakfast.
The trip was a good one for the students to make. One of the girls told her classmates how after a divorce, her mother used the services of People to People to feed her family.
The plan for the 2016 food drive was to focus on quality, not quantity. There are only so many ramen noodles a family can eat, Carmichael said.
Carmichael tried to prepare herself for a smaller take during the drive. She did not think there was anyway the students would top the 15,000 items because of this focus on
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Over the week, they brought in nearly 22,500 items for People to People. They donated more and better items.
While Wooster Township Elementary brought in the most items in 2016, Franklin Township Elementary School students brought in the most per capita: 77 items per student.
Rotary President Brent Rice thanked Carmichael for her students’ effort and said she was a true motivator. He then presented People to People board member Charlie Brain with a check for more than $6,000.
Brain thanked Rotary, the students, the teachers and the principals for all they did to provide 300 families with a Thanksgiving Day meal.
“We wish People to People the best as it meets the critical needs of the community,” Rice told Brain.
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