Canned food drive ends with decreasing yield
This year at CVHS, the annual canned food drive competition brought in 3,516 cans for families in need. The winner of the competition was students of Government and Psychology teacher Carmelina Frasca with her class donating a total of 800 cans, adding another win for the record holder of the canned food drive.
The numbers for the canned food drive are down from the previous year. In 2022, 4,254 cans were collected, almost 700 cans more than this year. The winner in 2022 was students of ASL teacher Amy Ryken, who collected around 1,100 cans, 200 more than our winner this year. The reasoning behind this drop is unknown.
“I really don’t know why. It is kind of a bummer. You know my class has often won the canned food drive with anywhere from 600 to 1200 cans and we brought in around 800 this year so it’s like right in the middle of our range, but yeah I don’t know why,” said Frasca.
The canned food drive is an important event at CVHS that brings together teachers and students to help out those in need around our local community, and it’s safe to say that everyone at CVHS hopes to see numbers up next year.
“[It’s important] because I think that we should feel both gratitude for what we have and feel an obligation to help those that don’t have as much as we do,” said Frasca.
It’s a shame that the numbers dropped 700 cans this year. I feel that the reason for it was that it wasn’t incentivised enough on the morning broadcasts.
It’s very unfortunate that the numbers are down. I felt that the event wasn’t advertised enough by the teachers or through the students. I don’t think that there was a sense of urgency or motivation amongst the students because no one really talked about it