Wilmette, IL Elementary Schools Collect 1,000 LBS. of Food!

For the third year in a row,  we helped the students at Harper and Romona Elementary Schools in Wilmette, IL hold Thanksgiving Food Drives. This year, all of the donations benefited Connections for the Homeless, an organization that oversees a number of shelters in the area.

From November 1-15, the students at both schools encouraged members of the Wilmette community to bring in donations of non-perishable food to help provide meals for people who are experiencing homelessness. In just over two weeks, the kids had collected 1,040 lbs. of food, which is enough to provide 860 meals! Our friends from New World Van Lines assisted with the event by providing food collection boxes and by offering to deliver all of the donations to Connections to the Homeless.

Move For Hunger became involved in this event thanks to Ali Wenzke, author of the book The Art of Happy Moving, and one of our biggest advocates. We’re so glad that she asked us if our network would be able to help, as this has become a food drive that we now look forward to every year.

A big thank you to Harper & Romona Elementary Schools, Ali, and the crew at New World Van Lines for working together to help others again this year!

Want to hold a food drive at your school? Start planning today!