NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Congratulations and a thank you to all of the students who participated and donated to our News 2 Food 2 Families School Food Drive!
For years, food collected has stayed in each school’s community going to either local food pantries, school food pantries or Second Harvest.
This year Food 2 Families had a total of 249,191 food items donated from 19 schools and 13,826 students!
This year’s winners are:
Elementary
- Lascassas – 13,340 items, 24.3 items per student
- The Discovery School – 5,040 items, 20.8 items per student
- Kittrell Elementary School – 1,860 items, 8.5 items per student
Middle
- St. Bernard – 5,147 items, 13.0 items per student
- Coopertown – 4,499 items, 9.7 items per student
- Currey Ingram Academy – 2,271 items, 7.6 items per student
High
- Montgomery Bell – 127,090 items, 157.3 items per student
- Henderonsville – 69,216 items, 44.2 items per student
- Gallatin – 7,150 items, 4.6 items per student
Schools that collected the most food per capita can won cash prizes underwritten by Fifth Third Bank.
The prizes are as followed:
- $1,000 for the top three high schools
- $500 for the top three middle schools
- $500 for the top elementary schools
