Students with the Atlantic High School will be participating in an upcoming clothing and shoe drive, that will allow them to give back to the community and work in conjunction with the mobile food pantry. Mandi Brauer, High School Resource-/Special Education Teacher for the Atlantic Community School District, says both students and teachers are accepting donations of gently used shoes and clothing for this first-time event.

Those items will be cleaned and donated to persons in need. Coats are also accepted. Donated items can be dropped off at the High School at 1201 East 14th Street. As part of the program, students will be taught how to wash and fold clothes correctly. The clothes will be made available to the public March 16th as part of a Food Drive at the Atlantic High School. The event takes from 4-until 6:30-p.m.

Clothing will be set-up and organized by clothing size, in the High School Media Center. Gently used clothing may be dropped-off at the Atlantic High School from now until Friday, March 11th. Clothes left over from the event will be donated to the Salvation Army.

Brauer is originally from Anita. She and her husband, who used to teach in the Kansas City area, have conducted similar projects in their previous school district. Helping those in need, runs in her family. She says her family has always found ways to give back to the community and area, and that’s a trait she wanted to pass along to students in the Atlantic School District.