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Malibu Students Collect 14,000 Pounds of Food
Seventh graders at Malibu High School also raised more than $1,000 for food during its second community service project.
The seventh graders at collected 14,000 pounds of food and raised more than $1,000 during their second community service project of the year.
The students, who had previous raised supplies for an orphanage in Figi, set their sights on feeding the hungry near Malibu. A total of 14,000 pounds of food and $1,000 were collected for Ventura County Food Share.
The project was inspired by the Can A Week Club started by MHS student Brooke Schwartz last year.
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Karen Jensen the Food Drive Coordinator of the VCFS said the students did a great job.
"In addition to the 14,000 pounds of food collected, the $1,217.60 they collected will allow us to purchase $6,088 worth of food, for every one dollar we collect we can purchase $5.00 worth of food," Jensen said.
Food and fundraising efforts ranged from door to door collecting, bake sales, contacting food companies for donations and creative campaigns.
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Seventh grader Jamie Le created a campaign called "8 to Eat", in which he asked family, friends and students at local colleges to give $8 to help feed the hungry.
Wes Davis and Kenny Averna then helped organized food deliveries and each day another student in the 7th grade brought in bags of cans to add to the massive collection efforts.
Seventh grader Connor Harris who volunteered his time last Thursday and gave away food at Webster Elementary said he was "stunned by the busloads of people that came for the food."
