Project Collects Over 10.3 Tons Of Food

Over the recent Thanksgiving holiday, more than 10.3 tons of food was collected in food drives conducted by UNITE Service Corps (AmeriCorps) members and student members of school UNITE Clubs as part of the annual “Make A Difference Day.” Collected food, enough to feed 41,255 people in need an 8-ounce serving, was donated to Family Resource and Youth Service Centers, community charitable groups and/or church pantries in the communities where the food was collected. Eugene Newsome, director of the UNITE Service Corps initiative, says Majestic Elementary in Pike County, a school with just 147 students, collected enough food to give every child’s family a food basket that included a turkey. Newsome says this is the highest total in the food drive project’s history.