The Sooke School District (SD62) is thrilled to announce that the 10,000 Tonight initiative to feed the Western Communities as well as Sooke and Port Renfrew, was once again, a smashing success!
On Wednesday December 11th, volunteer student and parent drivers hit the streets, picking up non-perishable food donations, such as canned goods, pasta noodles and cookies. This year, SD62 proudly had all three neighbourhood secondary schools working together to collect 43,880 items for local food banks.
“We are very proud of the hard work our secondary schools put into this event,” says Scott Stinson, Superintendent of Schools. “Once again, students, staff and parent volunteers went above and beyond to ensure their friends and neighbours don’t go hungry this holiday season.”
The event was originally launched in 2009 at Belmont Secondary with the goal to collect 10,000 non-perishable food items in a single night. Since then, it has become one of the biggest food drives on the lower Island with all donations going to the Goldstream Food Bank and the Sooke Food Bank.