Students and staff from Central High School will be collecting non-perishable food items on the south side of La Crosse this Halloween during their annual Trick-or-Can event.
Approximately 125 Central High School students and staff will participate in the event. The groups taking part in the event will include students from the school’s football, boys soccer, girls and boys cross country, and girls tennis teams, students from DECA, and other contributing students and staff.
“I want to make an impact on the community and help the people at Central that don’t have enough food to eat,” said Central High School senior Jennifer Hamann. “It’s amazing to see over one hundred Central students come together and collect food for those in need. This event shows the positive outcome of what can happen when students come together to improve an issue in our school and our community.”
The students and staff collecting food will be in the neighborhoods around Central High School during the regular Trick-or-Treating hours on Tuesday, October 31. Residents will be able to easily identify students taking part in the food drive. Central High School students and staff will be wearing their athletic uniforms or Central High School apparel, as able, and have an event flyer with them.
The food collected will benefit the Hunger Task Force and the school’s food pantry, ‘La Cocina’. Last year students collected over 2,900 items. This year they have raised their goal, and hope to collect 3,500 non-perishable food items.
Some of the non-perishable food items suggested for donation include peanut butter, canned beans, canned fruit, canned meat, pasta, pasta sauce, rice, along with breakfast items like cereal, boxed breakfast/granola bars, and oatmeal.
