Q: What kind of food should I bring?
Preferred items:
- Disposable aluminum roasting pan
- Canned gravy (2)
- Boxed stuffing
- Canned yams
- Instant mashed potatoes
- Cranberry sauce (2)
- Canned vegetables (6-8 cans, peas, green beans, carrots, beets, wax beans, etc.)
- Boxed desserts (brownie/cake mix)
- Jello/pudding
- Candy/snacks
- Canned soup
- Bottled juice (PLASTIC bottles, no soda!)
- Parmalot milk
- Vegetable oil
- Corn bread mix
Other items:
- Raisins
- Decorative paper plates/cups/napkins/table decorations/candles
- Soup start mix
- Cereal/oatmeal
- Canned tuna
- Pasta/Spaghetti sauce
- Instant hot chocolate
- Paper towels
- Salt/peper
- Coffee/coffee mat/sugar
- Tea bags
- Peanut butter
- Jelly
- Condiments (mustard, mayonnaise, ketchup)
Q: When does the food drive end?
A: We would like all collections to be into the advisories by Wednesday, the 14th. However,
we will still accept last-minute items on Thursday, the 15th.
Q: Where do we bring our items?
A: Each day that you have items, bring them to YOUR specific advisory. Collection bins will be distributed by the NHS on Friday. Please store your items in these bins. NHS will return to collect your filled bin on Thursday, November 15th.
Q: Are we bringing in all of the items on the list?
A: Not necessarily. Each advisory is responsible for bringing in items from the list in order to create one (1) Thanksgiving meal for one (1) family (see the note-card that was distributed to your advisory on Tuesday for information on how many people are in your specific family). Your advisory may decide which items from the list to include in the meal, and how to bring them in.
Q: How are our items distributed among the families?
A: The items that you bring in will go directly to your advisory’s assigned family. You are responsible for providing enough food for at least one family. However, this is not to say that you should limit the amount of food that you bring in. The more food, the better – surplus food can be redistributed to baskets that may not have enough food. Additionally, bringing in more food items will earn your district more points in the Hunger Games.
Q: Are we collecting clothing/books/etc., or just food?
A: We will collect small, unused clothing items such as hats and gloves, but the PRIMARY AIM of our food drive is to collect food to prepare meals for families. Please focus on bringing in the food items listed on the collection lists.
Q: Will we accept monetary donations?
A: Yes, we will. Monetary donations will be used to purchase additional food.
Q: Will we accept gift cards to supermarkets?
A: We will… but we would much prefer if the contributor would use the card to purchase food and bring the food, rather than the card, into advisory.
Q: Where can we find the collection lists?
A: The collection lists were distributed physically to most advisories on Wednesday. However, if your advisory did not receive a print-out of a collection list, you still have an electronic copy. All faculty and administrative members were e-mailed copies of the list earlier this week. The list can also be found on Ms. Ranson’s NHS e-board.
Q: What are the alliances?
A: Alliances can be formed between any two advisories of different grade levels (“districts”). The two advisories will meet (either during or outside of the A day advisory period) to discuss and create posters about hunger in our community. These posters will be hung around the school. Each advisory involved in the alliance will receive additional points for their district.
Q: What are the silver parachutes?
A: The silver parachutes are paper cutouts that will be sold during all lunch sets Monday – Thursday next week in order to raise money to purchase additional food for the food drive. Students (“tributes”) can purchase a cutout for $1 during lunch, sign their name and district number on the cut-out, and display it on the cafeteria windows in support of both their district and the Montgomery County Office of Children and Youth.
Q: How does the point system work?
A: Individual points will be awarded for each item that an advisory collects (1 point per item). Forming an alliance is equivalent to receiving 5 points, and each poster created is worth an additional point. Purchasing a silver parachute for your district is equivalent to 2 points.
Q: How do we “win?”
A: The district that has the most total points at the end of the food drive will receive a free breakfast sponsored by the HSA.