More Than Just A Canned Competition

The annual Thanksgiving Canned Food Drive is underway at CVHS!

With the season of giving falling upon us, CVHS hosts its annual canned food drive in cooperation with the Castro Valley Outreach (CVO) non-profit organization. The event has turned into a friendly competition between classes, each fourth period class trying to be the ones who collect the most canned food for a fun, edible prize. 

Some teachers at CVHS have a legacy of being continuous winners of this prize year after year, one of them being government teacher Carmelina Frasca.

“I’m a really competitive person in just about everything I do, it’s just a part of my personality. I’d like to motivate others to be competitive because I just think there’s a lot of fun in doing that,” said Frasca. 

With her competitive nature securing her either first or second “for the past many years,” she makes sure her students do not lose sight of the “importance of helping the community and doing good things for people.”

Her most significant competition, also being either first or second for the past years, is ASL teacher Amy Ryken. 

“I don’t plan to win, it’s whatever my students want,” stated Ryken. Like Frasca, she also emphasizes to the student body the value behind doing something good for the community, hoping that this year, more classes will compete and break the winning streak of the two classes. 

“When people hear that we are competing, it takes away the motivation from other classes to participate in the canned food drive,” she said. She wants the rivalry between the two classes to be broken, and for everyone to put their all in giving this holiday season.

With that being said, who will win this year’s annual canned food drive. Bring cans of any non-perishable soup/broths, protein, vegetables, fruits, or dried/boxed items to your fourth period class– maybe you will be the one to dethrone our annual winners!