The Minnesota State High School League is proud to
announce that Moorhead High School is the champion of the third John’s Journal Sack
Hunger campaign, in which schools all over the state are encouraged to collect
non-perishable food items for those in need.
The Sack Hunger campaign began in 2018, when
Spring Grove High School was the champion. Owatonna High School won the Sack
Hunger campaign in 2019 and the drive was not held in 2020 due to the Covid-19
pandemic.
The effort returned this year and the Moorhead Spuds
went above and beyond to feed those in need. Moorhead High School and other
buildings in the district collected canned food as well as monetary donations.
A total of 15,846 canned items was collected by the Spuds,
along with more than two thousand dollars in funds to feed the hungry.
Moorhead’s effort was part of the annual Fill the Dome
campaign in the Fargo-Moorhead area, with the goal of filling the floor of the Fargodome
with food donations for those in need. During Fill the Dome’s 14 years, four
million meals have been provided to help feed hungry children, seniors and
families in the region. Students also have collected more than $690,000 during
that time. Fill the Dome is
led by Great Plains Food Bank in Fargo-Moorhead.
Fill the Dome has been happening in the Moorhead
community since the beginning in 2007. At Moorhead High School, teachers and
classes are encouraged to compete to bring in the most food, with a pizza party
being awarded to the "winning" class. They have created a
culture that supports this community food drive and they have worked hard over
the years to raise awareness about hunger and food insecurity.
The Fill the Dome project at Moorhead High School is
coordinated entirely by two student council members, who attend meetings
throughout the summer and fall to coordinate and plan the food drive and the
community activities associated with FTD. They also work with other schools in
the district to encourage their food-drive plans and gather all the food at
the end of the designated time.
This year's student leaders at Moorhead High were Evie
Kenkel and Megan Wilke. Congratulations to them!
The Sack Hunger campaign is a partnership between the
MSHSL and Second Harvest Heartland to
fight hunger in Minnesota and the upper Midwest.
According
to Second Harvest Heartland, more than half a million Minnesotans are now facing hunger, including
200,000 kids who are going to bed hungry, and 63 percent of Americans are
living paycheck to paycheck, when one unexpected expense can mean choosing rent
over meals.
--MSHSL media specialist John Millea has been the leading voice of
Minnesota high school activities for decades. Follow him on Twitter @MSHSLjohn
and listen to "Preps Today with John Millea” wherever you get podcasts.
Contact John at jmillea@mshsl.org
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