Article by Phoenix writer Grace Garcia ’23:
The Latin School Thanksgiving Food Drive took place November 15th to November 19th. The Latin School homerooms donated between 8,500 and 9,000 items. According to Miss Korzekwinski, “This is the largest collection the Latin School ever had.”
A few homerooms that went above and beyond were 8E, 7E, and 6B. 8E and 6B each donated more than 1,500 items while 7E contributed well over 500 items. In the past, each homeroom would typically donate 200 to 300 items, so this year’s homerooms were especially generous.
On Thursday, November 18th, there was a Latin School C.R.O.S.S. meeting, where about 45 students from the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades gathered to help with the food drive. The students helped by either loading the canned goods onto the bus or collecting any remaining food items from the homerooms.
During this meeting, the students helped each other carry boxes full of green beans, corn, pasta, soup, and much more. The students exhibited good teamwork, enthusiasm, and it only took them 30 minutes to load everything onto the bus.
After the meeting, some eighth grade students went on the bus and helped deliver the food to St. Brigid’s Parish Outreach in Westbury. The director of the Outreach Program explained to the students that “The clients at the outreach have very different circumstances from those of our families. Many are renting rooms in houses and do not have the money to provide food for their families.”
Miss Kozekwinski says “I think it is important for us to realize that what we have has been given to us by God. We, in return, need to pay it forward. If we have received blessings, it is up to us to decide how to use what we have to help those less fortunate.”