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APD Food Drive Challenge collects 3,482 items for the Atlantic Food Pantry

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December 15th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic Police Department report that between November 28th and December 12th, the APD conducted their annual canned food drive to benefit the Atlantic Food Pantry. The event is a challenge at the Washington Elementary, Schuler Elementary, and the Early Learning Center Preschool. Each grade is put in a competition with each other to see who will collect the most items. The winning class in each grade level will receive a pizza party sponsored by the APD. Attached are photos of the winning classes and stats from this years program.
The total amount of items collected this year was 3,482. This is the 10th year the program has been held, and in 10 years the children have donated 41, 279 items to the Atlantic Food Pantry!!
Police Chief Devin Hogue said “We enjoy supporting the Atlantic Food Pantry each year with this program. We can’t thank the students and teachers enough for the effort given to make this such an impactful project. Over 41,000 items collected in 10 years’ time really shows how great and supportive Atlantic is as a community.”
(Photos from the APD Facebook page)
The early Learning Center collected 521 items and the winners were:
  • The AM classes won the competition collecting 469 items
Washington collected 1,908 items and the winners are:
  • Kindergarten: Mrs. Schuler’s class – 124 items
  • 1st grade: Mrs. Hogue’s class – 168 items
  • 2nd grade: Mrs. Johnson’s class – 226 items
  • 3rd grade: Ms. Miller’s class – 204 items
Schuler elementary collected 1,053 items and the winners are:
  • 4th grade: Mrs. Johnson’s class – 252 items
  • 5th grade: Mrs. Christianson’s class – 229 items