Food drive for Wellesley Food Pantry next week through May 14th

Are you making plans for summer?  Include the Wellesley Food Pantry and your neighbors in your plans!  The Wellesley Food pantry needs our help to fill their cupboards for the summer.

Sprague launched its annual food drive for the Wellesley Food Pantry with an assembly on Friday.  For the last 3 years, Sprague has contributed more to the Food Pantry than any other school in town, including the Middle School and High School!  Our goal is to continue this tradition, to make this our best year yet, and to fill the gym stage to its capacity with donated items.  

Each grade has been assigned specific items to bring in between now and Wednesday, May 14: 

·        Kindergarten: Rice/Spaghetti

·        1st Graders: Canned fruit

·        2nd Graders: Canned Vegetables

·        3rd Graders: Jelly/Jam/Peanut Butter

·        4th Graders: Pasta Sauce/Cooking Oil

·        5th Graders: Canned Meats (SPAM, ham, chicken, turkey, salmon-anything other than tuna)/Toilet Paper/Paper Towels

The Food Pantry needs just about everything, so we encourage students to bring the suggested items but we will gladly accept others.  Items can be placed in bins located outside the main office which will then be transferred to the stage in the gym.  5th graders will be collecting donations in car line May 12-14.

If you are interested in learning more or talking to your kids more about the Wellesley Food Pantry, consider visiting the website or sharing this video (may be difficult, especially for younger children).

Thank you to everyone for contributing to this very worthy cause and caring for others in our community. On behalf of the WFP, thank you, thank you, thank you!!