Show of kindness
Photos: Courtesy of Dave Rhome
South Central Elementary students work with Canonsburg police officers and firefighters to load the last few collected items into a truck Thursday afternoon. As part of the school’s Kindness Week, students collected more than 2,000 shelf-stable items for the local food bank.
Courtesy of Dave Rhome
Donations, collected during Kindness Week, are boxed and ready to be transported from South Central Elementary to the Canonsburg food pantry. Canonsburg police and fire helped students load more than 2,000 donated items Thursday afternoon.
It was all hands on deck Thursday when representatives from Canonsburg police and fire departments helped South Central Elementary students pack up and transfer food donations from campus to a local food pantry. During the school’s Kindness Week, students were encouraged to bring in canned goods, cereals and other foodstuff, and collected more than 2,000 shelf-stable items for the area’s food insecure. Alongside students, principal Michelle Tomicek; PTA president Jennifer Beers, vice president Rachel Lyons, secretary Victoria Beppler and treasurer Hannah McCoy; Canonsburg police officers Dave Meiers and Carl Fetcko; Deputy Chief Don Cross, and Mayor Dave Rhome participated in the boxing up and shipping out.