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WCHS National Honor Society conducts food drive

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WCHS National Honor Society collected more than 2,100 food items to benefit the local Back Pack Program and The Phoenix Project.

The Warren County High School National Honor Society conducted a food drive from October 16 to October 25, collecting non-perishable food items for the local Back Pack Program and The Phoenix Project. Families of two Warren County High School students also received food items from this food drive.

The donations were collected by grade level, where the grade gathering the most donations received double spirit points for the Homecoming Pep Rally on October 25. The Senior class collected the most food items with 1,062 donations. The Juniors were in second place with 758 donations, the Freshman class placed in third with 267 donations, and the Sophomores finished in fourth place with 42 donations.

The total count of food item donations collected by Warren County students was 2,129 items.

National Honor Society members Kara Athey, Madison Booth, Jazmine White, Hannah Ren, Autumn Kibler, Nyla Padgett, Tierney Judd, Megan Patton, and Alexa Gilbert, as well as senior officers Callista Mayberry and Kyra Treutlein, under the guidance of National Honor Society Advisors Mrs. Vasishta and Mr. Humenik, sorted and counted the food to tally the final counts.

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