Midd-West High School Community Observation

At Midd-West High School in order for a student to graduate from high school you must complete a senior project. I chose to do a food drive that would benefit people in my community. My goal for the project was to collect at least 100 pounds of food. I planned on sorting the items and donating them to Five Barley Loaves. I also wanted to volunteer at the food bank to see how many people I would be helping. Five Barley Loaves is a nonprofit organization in Beaver Springs, who helps people who are financially struggling. The food bank operates strictly on donations from the community and the state, which provides grant money to buy needed items that are not donated by the public.

The donations they accept are non perishable items such as canned goods, peanut butter, noodles, …show more content…
In the beginning of October, I met with Darla Webb, the director of Five Barley Loaves, to get the bags to label for the food drive. I also finalized the dates I would be collecting the food and delivering the donations to the food bank. Next, I prepared flyers which I hung around McClure at the post office, library, bank, Top Star, and Rachel’s Place. In November, I made information sheets for 100 paper bags explaining my project and asking for donations. Next, I distributed the food drive bags to houses in McClure. The following week, I collected all the bags that everyone set out on their porch for me. After collecting all the items, I needed to separate the items and take out any of the out of date items. The next week, I delivered the items to Five Barley Loaves. While I was there I helped them box up the items for the next day to distribute to everyone. Then the following day, I helped distribute the boxes. The last thing I had to do was weigh the items I collected and delivered during my food drive. My goal was 100 pounds and I ended up collecting 850 pounds of