Tuttle Avenue first graders stock church pantry

Thanks to first graders at Tuttle Avenue School, Eastport Bible Church has a full pantry this winter. The students visited the church on Feb. 4 and stocked the pantry shelves with 1,000 additional cans of food.

As part of their civics lesson, the students were asked to address a local issue. The first graders decided that food insecurity was a problem among the community, so they set a goal to collect 1,000 cans of food. The food drive, called the Souper Bowl, encouraged the entire school community to participate. 

Holding cans, the first graders then walked to Eastport Bible Church, where they were greeted by Pastor Kaleb Kemper and administrative assistant Judy Remski, and placed their cans on the pantry’s shelves. Ms. Remski thanked the students for their generosity and explained how important the food pantry is to the community.

Ms. Remski told the students, “Always remember that you can accomplish so much more when you come together.”

 

Photo captions:

A: The Tuttle Avenue School first grade class collected 1,000 cans of food for the Eastport Bible Church food pantry.

B: Pastor Kaleb Kemper of Eastport Bible Church greeted the Tuttle Avenue School first graders as they arrived to stock the church’s food pantry shelves.

C: Tuttle Avenue School first graders placed their cans of food on the Eastport Bible Church food pantry shelves.

D: Center, Eastport Bible Church administrative assistant Judy Remski welcomed the 

Tuttle Avenue School students and thanked them for their generosity.

 

Photos courtesy of the Eastport-South Manor Central School District