Mission, Texas- Over the course of several weeks before the recent holiday break, the students and staff of Mission CISD (Consolidated Independent School District) were encouraged to help the community in many ways. One way was through a special project planned and coordinated by the Mission High School FFA Chapter. The district-wide community challenge consisted of a food drive to benefit the City of Mission Food Pantry and the food pantry run by the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church.
After all the donated, non-perishable food was picked up from all the district schools and facilities, the FFA Chapter, city officials, and church officials were shocked and very pleased with the results. The students and staff of Mission CISD donated 45,336 items. The donations are being split between the city and church food pantries.
The high school campuses that collected the most were: Mission High School, first place; Mission Collegiate High School, second; Roosevelt Alternative School, third.
The junior high schools that collected the most were: Mission Jr. High School, first; R. Cantu Jr. High School, second; K. White Jr. High School, third.
The Elementary campuses that collected the most were: Leal Elementary School, first; Waitz Elementary School, second; Bryan Elementary School, third.
The top prizes for individual elementary school homerooms were: Edith Chapa, O’Grady Elementary School, first; Rene Garza, Pearson Elementary School, second; Gina Garza, Bryan Elementary School, third.
The top collections among the junior high school homeroom teachers were all from R. Cantu Jr. High School: Nichole Morales, first; Vanessa Salinas, second; Chris Barrera, third.
The top high school homeroom collections were all from Mission High School: Oneida Saenz, first; Silvia Lopez, second; Isela Gomez, third.
The non-teaching departments with the most collections were: Mission High School, first; Central Office, second.
Mission High School FFA Chapter members will get prizes earned by the winners of the district-wide community challenge delivered to the appropriate schools and classroom soon.
Pictured are district officials, city officials, pantry officials, and members of the Mission FFA Chapter before loading the donated food for delivery to the two food pantries; and a picture of what the donated food looked like as it was being brought to the Mission High School Ag Building to be counted and divided for donation.
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