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Walk for a Healthy Community
On Friday, the St. Johnsbury Academy student body joined teachers and staff members for the annual Walk for a Healthy Community through the streets of St. Johnsbury (Photos can be viewed here). The walk kicks off a two–week period that runs through October 11, during which students will have three different options for supporting our community.
Option 1: Food Drive
This helps NEKCA provide staples suitable for regular distribution. The food shelf in St. Johnsbury, one of four in the Northeast Kingdom, supports over 100 families per day.
For the Food Drive, we encourage donations of a wide variety of items. These include staples such as peanut/nut butter, jelly, whole wheat pasta, canned vegetables, crackers, rice, instant coffee, instant mashed potatoes, cooking oil, canned tuna, spam, canned chicken, spices (including salt and pepper), granola bars, apple sauce, nuts, honey, powdered milk, oatmeal, condiments, stuffing, Bisquick/pancake mix, jello, dried fruit, canned fruit, trail mix, protein bars, beef jerky, drink mixes, cereal, and beans.
Please note that NEKCA cannot accept homemade goods, food that requires refrigeration, fresh produce, or expired food.
Option 2: Thanksgiving Baskets
This is a wonderful opportunity for advisory groups to prepare as many Thanksgiving baskets as they can by gathering any/everything but the turkeys to help provide local families with a special holiday meal!
Essential items are canned cranberry sauce, box muffin mix, box pie crust mix, canned pumpkin or other pie fruit, canned vegetables, packets or cans of gravy, boxes of scalloped potatoes, instant potatoes, boxes of stuffing, and canned vegetables.
Option 3: Cash Donations
Advisory groups may also choose to support NEKCA in this way. This allows NEKCA to provide culturally appropriate food items, such as eggs, milk, meat, and other perishable items, that are not otherwise donated to the food shelf on an as-needed basis.
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