Sophomore MHS food drive party
photo by Audrey Schuetz
The class of 24 celebrates with popcorn and drinks. National Honor Society members served the sophomore class from the concession stand.
The Meridian sophomore class was treated to a party on Friday, January 28 that took place in the great hall. They were rewarded for bringing the most food/money in during the MHS canned food drive.
The Great Hall was full of sophomores who grabbed popcorn and drinks then sat with their friends. Other students took their snacks and went back to their classroom.
“I think that it’s awesome the sophomores won, I hope this motivates them again for when they’re juniors,” NHS sponsor Tricia Campbell said.
Totals for the food drive included the following:
Freshman: 87 cans
Sophomore: 382 cans
Junior: 243 cans
Senior: 269 cans
Laughter rang out from in the Great Hall as NHS members ran from table to table to serve the winners.
“I was hoping we would win. I donated between 15 and 20 cans to the food drive this year,” sophomore Rose Hutton said. “I’m super happy and thankful that we won this year.”
Some students donated canned foods to the food drive while others chose to donate money instead.
“My father’s business [Park’s Sewer] donated $100 for 200 cans to the food drive this year,” sophomore Madison Parks said.
Emma Pistorius • Apr 23, 2022 at 11:42 am
This was a really great treat, I am so glad my class won! I hope we continue to do this in the future, I feel it motivated students to do more.
Naomi Matich • Apr 22, 2022 at 12:44 pm
I am glad that we won and that each class donated a really good amount of cans. This was not only for a good cause, but kind of fun because you never know who wins or who is winning until the day they announce the winner. I think this year was successful and I hope we can do the same amount if not higher next year. Thank you NHS for the reward!
Jolie Witts • Apr 22, 2022 at 11:19 am
I personally think that it was good for the sophomores to win the can drive. Usually the sophmore class is just in the shadows of the senior and junior class, or getting out done by the freshmen. I am glad so many sophomores participated to help the people who need it.