by Sissy S.
The McGehee Food Fight is probably not the “Food Fight” you are thinking
of: lots of kids running around screaming in the cafeteria throwing food at
each other. It is teams of students
competing by bringing food to the school with a special color for each team of
two grades. Erin Toomey, a Middle School
History teacher, said that McGehee has been doing the Food Fight for about four
years. Whichever team brings in the most
food gets a special free dress day of their color for the whole school, but all
the food goes to the Second Harvest Food Bank to help feed the homeless.
What the Second Harvest Food Bank does is they help families in need of
food. From July 2011 to June 2012, they
gave food to an average of 243,177 individuals each month. Second Harvest is a certified member of
Feeding America. The Second Harvest Food
bank is a great way to donate and help the community!
In the teams there are some times a high school grade and a lower or middle
school grade. Erin Toomey says that the teams’
grades are good together because it motivates the older students to not let the
team down. The Food Fight at McGehee is
a great way to get the students to help the community.
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