WILLMAR - Lakeland Elementary School students in Willmar participated in a contest Wednesday to see who could bring in the most food donations for the Kandiyohi County Food Shelf. The students brought in over 2,000 items. The class that brought the most overall donations will have the opportunity to bring the items to the food shelf Friday morning. The highest donating class in each grade will be treated with an ice cream party.
Lexi Wubben, Lakeland child guide, helped coordinate the program. "We did not expect that the students would bring this many donations," Wubben said. "It's so amazing - we even had kids bringing money from their own piggy banks to give to the food shelf."
1/Erica Dischino / Tribune With the help of students, Lexi Wubben, child guide at Lakeland Elementary School in Willmar, brings out a cart Wednesday full of food donations for the Kandiyohi County Food Shelf.
2/Erica Dischino / Tribune Zerina Isack, 6, picks up a box of food to place in the food drive donation pile Wednesday at Lakeland Elementary School in Willmar. Students participated in a contest to see who could bring in the most food donations for the Kandiyohi County Food Shelf.
3/Erica Dischino / Tribune Principal Gretchen Baumgarn brings out a cart full of food donations Wednesday for the Kandiyohi County Food Shelf with the help of students Iqra Ali, 5, left, Zerina Isack, 6, and Ikhals Ali, 7, at Lakeland Elementary School in Willmar.
4/Erica Dischino / Tribune Fifth-grade student Pablo Ossa, 10, helps put food donations into a box Wednesday during the food drive contest at Lakeland Elementary School in Willmar. Many schools, businesses and other organizations organizes food drives in March when Minnesota FoodShare conducts its campaign for food shelves across the state.
