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Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive Brings in 7,983 Items to Help Needy
For Immediate Release December 9, 2009
St. Rita High School’s Senior Class Student Government Officers set out to deliver the 7,983 food items that were collected by the St. Rita Family during the Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. From left to right: Marty Kordas (St. Cajetan), Tim Ladd (St. Cajetan), Joe Campagna (St. Cajetan), Mike Basic (St. Mary Star of the Sea), Tom Murphy (St. Cajetan), Tom Kelly (St. Bernadette), and Bro. Gary Hresil, O.S.A. ’86, Director of Activities and Senior Class Moderator.
St. Rita of Cascia High School’s Student Government, under the direction of St. Rita’s Director of Activities Bro. Gary Hresil, O.S.A. ’86 and the Activities Team, ran another very successful Thanksgiving Food Drive. In the week leading up to Thanksgiving Day, collections taken from the student body, faculty, and staff of St. Rita brought in 7,983 non-perishable items. This more than doubled the amount of food collected last year at St. Rita.
After sorting and packing the donations, the Senior Class Officers were commissioned at the all-school Thanksgiving Mass to go out and deliver the items collected by the St. Rita Family. The food items were delivered to the St. Basil/Visitation, St. Clare of Montefalco, and St. Rita of Cascia Food Pantries. Angel’s Touch, another non-profit organization that is run by St. Rita staff member Pat Mitchell also benefited from the donations.