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UPES Students, Staff Collect Canned Goods for Church Food Drive
University Park Elementary collected food items for University Baptist Church's food drive.

By Christy Neff, University Park Elementary
students and staff spent the week before Thanksgiving collecting canned food for needy families.
Dawna Phillips' 6th grade class sorted, boxed and labeled approximately 2,000 food items for University Baptist Church's Food Pantry—Help By Phone. Teachers are also helped to box, sort and label food.
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This project was part of our Community Builders Program. Our mission is to help others in need in the local area, national community and world community. We will be making holiday cards in December for persons living in nursing homes and in the hospital. In January, we will host our annual coat drive for an organization called, One Warm Coat.
We are so proud of our students and staff for their commitment to helping others by building community.
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