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CJH students host food drive to benefit local families

Smiling students with canned food.
Mrs. Monti’s sixth grade homeroom collected the most food for the Leo Club’s school-wide food drive.
Students with canned food.
The eighth grade winners: Mr. Guarnieri’s homeroom.

C. J. Hooker Middle School students recently collected 1,352 nonperishable food items during a school-wide food drive hosted by the members of the Leo Club.

Homerooms competed to collect the most items and the winners from each grade level receive treats from Dunkin’ Donuts.

Kids with food.
It was a tie between Mrs. Nardone and Mrs. Caruso’s seventh grade homerooms.

The winning homerooms are:

  • Grade 8 – Mr. Guarneiri’s homeroom
  • Grade 7 – Tie between Ms. Nardone’s homeroom and Mrs. Caruso’s homeroom
  • Grade 6 – Mrs. Monti’s homeroom, who collected the most food overall

The donations were sent to the Youth Ending Hunger Club at Goshen Intermediate School which benefits local families.

Members of Student Government aided in the food drive by helping the Leo Club members collect and count the food.

Smiling students with food.
The Leo Club organized the food drive with help from Student Government.