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Local Army and Navy Academy Cadets Organize Food Drive

The students are hoping you will donate canned food items that they will give to the San Diego Food Bank.

Students at Army and Navy Academy are organizing a food drive to benefit the San Diego Food Bank. Founded in 1977, the San Diego Food Bank provides food to people in need while connecting them to resources and educating the outside community about hunger and ways to contribute.

The canned food drive is underway, and will run through March 1, 2014. The entire sophomore class at Army and Navy Academy will be involved in the project through their Leadership Education Training course, which prepares cadets for leadership roles while making them aware of their rights and responsibilities as American citizens.

According to the San Diego Food Bank, the most needed food items are:

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  • Canned beans
  • Canned fruits and vegetables
  • Canned meat & tuna
  • Canned soups
  • Cereal
  • Dry or canned beans (low sodium)
  • Mac & cheese
  • Pasta
  • Peanut butter
  • Powdered milk
  • Rice (brown or wild)

For more information on how to contribute to the Army and Navy Academy Food Drive benefiting the San Diego Food Bank, please call SPC Veronica Parker- Davis at 760.547.5187.

Local sudents organizing the project include:

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Alexander Ehrhart of Encinitas, CA

Dmitrey Pease of Encinitas, CA

Tristan Johnson of Encinitas, CA

Hua Zhong of Carlsbad, CA

Zhengming Li of Carlsbad, CA

Joshua Rutledge of Carlsbad, CA

Crumbaker Crumbaker of Carlsbad, CA

Connor McClurg of Carlsbad, CA

Hunter Woods of Carlsbad, CA

Founded in 1910, the Army and Navy Academy is a private not-for-profit institution that provides an academically robust, character-based education for young men, grades 7 through 12. It is the only private boarding school in San Diego County and the only military academy for high school-age students in California and surrounding states.

–ReadMedia Newswire  


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