Southgate Community Rallies to Gather More Than 7,100 Items for New Food Pantry

An image of the new food pantry at Southgate stocked with food items.
Community members rallied to stock the new Southgate food pantry with items.
An image of dozens of boxes of macaroni and cheese on a table in the food pantry.
Dozens of boxes of macaroni and cheese were donated to the Southgate food pantry.
An image of peanut butter and jelly jars filling a table in the food pantry.
Peanut butter and jelly jars fill a table in the new Southgate food pantry.
An image of snacks stacked on a counter in the food pantry.
Snacks fill a counter in the new Southgate food pantry.
An image of soup and other canned goods lining the shelves at the food pantry.
Soup and other canned goods line the shelves at the new Southgate food pantry.
An image of dozens of tuna cans stacked on the shelves of the food pantry.
Dozens of tunafish cans are stacked on the shelves of the new Southgate food pantry.
An image of breakfast items like oatmeal and cereal on a shelf in the food pantry.
Breakfast items like oatmeal and cereal line a shelf in the Southgate food pantry.
An image of hundreds of non-perishable food items donated to the Southgate food pantry.
Hundreds of food items that were donated to the new Southgate food pantry by community members.

In just a ten day period, Southgate community members answered the call, gathering more than 7,100 food items for the school’s new food pantry. The “Gators Helping Gators” initiative filled an entire classroom with non-perishable food items like pasta, sauce, cereal, tuna, peanut butter and jelly, macaroni and cheese and other snacks. The food will be distributed to students and families in need at Southgate through the backpack program.

While students, staff, parents and community members were busy donating to fill the pantry, Principal Dedrick applied for a grant, which the school received through the Seymour Fox Foundation! That grant will fund the food pantry for at least the remainder of the school year. Congratulations to all those involved in helping to stock the pantry during the holidays! Nothing says “season of giving” like helping our friends in need.

Hear from district-wide social worker Sara Salitan-Thiell about the community effort it took to fill the food pantry so quickly.

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