Feeding the hungry

It is common for schools to hold food drives for local charities around the holidays. Every community has needy families, and if every student at a school brings a box or can of food, many of those needs can be met.

But Weedsport Elementary School took its annual food drive an extra step this year - literally. Over the past week, students have walked their donations and personally dropped them off at the Brutus-Sennett Food Pantry. Teachers and school officials hope that the experience instills a sense of charity in the children while they support a local resource.

“It puts a little bit more of a personal face on the whole thing,” said Tim Cowin, principal at Weedsport Elementary. “We wanted the students to actually talk to people and gain that firsthand knowledge.”