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The week before Thanksgiving, students from over 70 clubs at Hollister High School collected more than 1,500 cans of soup, corn and milk for families in need.
This year, the school’s holiday food drive sent all the donations to the Community Food Bank of San Benito County following the CalFresh pause that delayed benefits for thousands of residents in November.
“This year we decided because of some of the stuff that was going on in our world and in the community, that it would be best to donate to the food bank,” Hollister High Activities Director Laurie Chavez said.
The Thanksgiving food drive has been a tradition for decades; Chavez remembers being part of it as a student in 1996.
This year, other changes included turning the food drive into a competition among campus clubs and inviting staff members to participate.
“It was a great turnout,” Chavez said. “Cans were coming in left and right.”
Future Farmers of America finished in first place among the campus clubs, collecting more than 500 cans.
Alexa Avila, a senior and president of the Associated Student Body, told BenitoLink she felt proud of how much the school community contributed.
“I tried my best to motivate all of my officers to make sure they donated, and I was really happy with the turnout this year,” she said. “It was really nice to see our school community support our Hollister family and help people who are in need this holiday season.”
This was Avila’s fourth Thanksgiving food drive, and she said it was the most successful. As she prepares for college next year, she said she’ll miss it.
“I hope I can do something similar to this wherever I choose to go to college,” Avila said. “I hope I can still be able to give back to the community I’ll be living in.”
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