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January 12, 2010

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Lindbergh High School's Leadership Students
Brave Weather to Help with 'Walk & Knock'

Lindbergh students take a moment to show the fruits of their labor during their "Walk & Knock" Food Drive on December 12.

On Saturday, December 12, Lindbergh High School's Leadership class participated in a "Walk and Knock" Food Drive in local Fairwood neighborhoods, and the partnership with the communities was a success.

The results were impressive:

  • 420 Pounds Collected
  • 14 People Participated
  • Two Hours Invested

Students knocked on doors in Fairwood Greens, Fairwood West and Pebble Cove Apartments to collect the non-perishible food and supplies that were donated to the Salvation Army's Renton Food Bank.

According to Lindbergh's Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher and ASB Advisor Christina Allen, students selected this form of food drive rather than the typical in-school student food drive for a dual reason.

"We chose the Walk n Knock method because we didn’t want to pressure students in such a tough economy and to involve the community," said Allen.

In addition to the Walk and Knock event, students engaged local businesses and organizations by placing donations boxes at Pebble Cove Apartments and the Fairwood Library, and some students collected goods from shoppers at Safeway during the two-hour activity.

Student Comments
Overall, students gained positive impressions with this type of food drive, and they hope the communities they visited also felt a sense of partnership through this effort. Student comments follow.

  • Sarah Reiter: “It allowed everyone to participate; it was fun to see how much food we could collect.”
  • Brenna Healy: “It was cold – My hands were numb, but the people were nice and gave us lots of food.”
  • Tien Nguyen-Le: “The method [walk n knock] was new and I didn’t expect the community to be so open and involved. We were helping out the whole community with the drive, but we also got to connect with individual members.”
  • Andrew Sadettanh: “It was cold, but you felt gratification when it was all over.”
  • Adrian DeJesus: “I liked it.”
  • James Cornell: “It was a really good thing for the community and needs to happen more often.”
  • Elizabeth Leonard: “I had a lot of fun and I was helping people at the same time, which made it more fun!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

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