周日, 9月10日, nearly 40 十大最好的网赌平台 students, 教师, 和 family members braved the heat 和 traffic to Wannamaker Park to participate in the Walk to Fight Hunger 由 Lowcountry Food Bank, an organization based in Charleston which donates food to agencies up 和 down the coast of South Carolina. Team 十大最好的网赌平台 raised over $1,400, the most of all fundraising teams, 和 the sum will help provide more than 8,000 meals to feed families throughout the Lowcountry. 

Just days before 今年’s annual Walk to Fight Hunger, 十大最好的网赌平台 hosted Brenda Shaw, Chief Development Officer at Lowcountry Food Bank, for an 上学校 assembly to speak with students about her organization 和 what food insecurity looks like in our community.

“People who are food insecure look just like you 和 me,” says Kelly Sumner, Director of Counseling 和 上学校 Student Life, who helped organize Shaw’s visit. “的y’re your neighbors, they’re your friends; there isn’t a certain look to being in need or a certain community that’s in need. I think students were able to really connect with that [during Shaw’s visit], then connect what the food bank does, 他们为谁服务, 和 take the opportunity to go out 和 help bring awareness to this issue right here in their community with their friends.”

Both the assembly 和 walk event were a part of 十大最好的网赌平台’s annual global education initiative in which students 和 educators are exploring ways they can help contribute to creating a world free of hunger by 2030 今年. But the School’s contributions to fighting food insecurity in Charleston is far from new.

“We’ve supported the Lowcountry Food Bank consistently for decades,萨姆纳说. “We’ve had so many interesting ways we’ve been connected to them 和 other organizations over the years, 和 we’re just so very appreciative to them that they are able to host 和 support our students in return.”

While initiatives have shifted through the years, 十大最好的网赌平台’s dedication to playing a part in ending hunger in its very own community has remained consistent. Here’s a look at how the School’s partnerships with the Lowcountry Food Bank 和 other local organizations fighting hunger have evolved over the years:

1990年代末

Every year near the Thanksgiving holiday, 十大最好的网赌平台 began hosting a school-wide food drive in support of the Lowcountry Food Bank during which 上学校 students would designate different food items to different grade levels depending on the needs of the food bank at that time. 

2001

September is Hunger Action Month, 2001年, all Non-Uniform Days in September were dedicated to supporting the Lowcountry Food Bank, 和 everyone on campus wore orange, the official color of Hunger Action Month, to show their support!

2007

十大最好的网赌平台 began the year with a “Day of Service” on the first day of school, 和 the Class of 2010 went to the Lowcountry Food Bank to volunteer their time to help pack 和 organize food donations. “This would be the first time we had a whole grade level volunteer at once,萨姆纳说. “It paved the way for future events.”

2010 

In 2010, the School formalized its Community Action Initiative which requires students 20 hours of community service to graduate. 此后的每一年, the senior class has spent time during a dedicated week at the end of the year volunteering together at the Lowcountry Food Bank‘s warehouse to give back.

2013

As a part of a local nonprofit initiative entitled I Heart Hungry Kids, 十大最好的网赌平台 students spent their Saturdays throughout the year volunteering to fill backpacks  belonging to kids in under-resourced areas with donated food for them to eat over the weekend. “It would be enough food to sustain these children who were getting most of their nutritious meals at school,萨姆纳说.

2015

In 2015, the Lowcountry Food Bank created a program for students in local schools to help carry out their work as Hunger Advocates. After being elected by a School committee 和 passing an application process with the food bank, alumna Tiffany Dye ’15 became 十大最好的网赌平台’s first ever Hunger Advocate. During her senior year, she increased the number of school-wide food drives 和 more people than ever volunteered, 萨姆纳说. Her sister, Marissa Dye ’21, would then follow in her footsteps as a Hunger Advocate. “These girls were so dynamic in so many ways, 和 they truly cared about the community 和 wanted to serve,萨姆纳说.

2021

的 Lowcountry Blessing Box Project stocks containers in neighborhoods around Charleston with non-perishable food items, 基本的化妆品, 婴儿用品, 和 anything else that might be considered a blessing to people who find themselves in need. In 2021, Intermediate Program 教师 members Katie Perez-Phillips ’07 和 Kiki Sweigart partnered with the organization so 十大最好的网赌平台 students could maintain their very own box with regular food donations. Students 和 families are still stocking our 十大最好的网赌平台 Blessing box at FUEL restaurant week in 和 week out!