Number of Participants: 60
Hours Donated: 2
Value of Time Served: $1,014
Event Amount Raised: $500
Event Type: Hunger
Sport: Football
Date: November 18, 2021
Location:
Methuen High School
Ranger Road, Methuen
MA
About:
Our school district created a BackPack Program many years ago with the purpose of sending home food in a backpack to families in need. Usually, the backpack, filled with food, would be given to an identified student to bring home with them for the weekend. The program has expanded to include providing gift cards for food stores so a family in need could purchase food. A few years ago it was encouraged by our athletic director to do community service at the local level due the high need of our student population. Our team being a decent sized team, figured it was the best way we could help by asking students in school to donate $1 to the program. So each player was asked to raise as much as they could with an added emphasis of asking students in school. We were hoping the collective of strength of many would help the many in need. This year we were able to raise over $500 for the program.