Cristina Roberts' fifth-grade class held a food drive at Marvista Elementary School this month to donate food to the White Center Heights Food Bank. As a school, Marvista gathered over 2,000 canned and boxed goods. This all came about when the "Helpful Team" in Mrs. Roberts' class wanted to make a difference in the community and decided to hold an all-school food drive. They motivated the other students by promising popcorn party for the class that could bring in the most food.

One of Mrs. Roberts' students and class president, Avery, shared his feelings about the class project, "This really meant a lot to me because there are people in need that don't even have money to buy food. It felt to me that we helped a lot."

Another fifth grader, Salma, shared, "I want to thank all the people who helped other people in need, and I feel really happy being on the helpful team."

Once all the goods were counted, they loaded up the vehicles, and three students accompanied Mrs. Roberts to the food bank to help unload and sort. Overall, the food bank counted a total of 1,500 pounds of food.