Each year, the schools of Mission CISD (Consolidated Independent School District) find many ways to help others, especially during the holidays. This year, the schools joined together for a districtwide Mission CISD Cares Food Drive to benefit the Mission Food Pantry.
The response from district students and employees was huge. When the district’s maintenance department began the task of collecting all the donations from the schools, they quickly filled a large trailer with all it could hold; then another; then another; and another. Plus several pick-up trucks were making trips with their beds filled with non-perishable food items.
The final total of donated food items reached 19,287. The students and staff of Waitz Elementary School collected the most food of all the Mission CISD Schools. Pearson Elementary School was a very close second. R. Cantu Jr. High School was third on the donation list.
“This really is a testament to the giving nature of our students and employees,” said Ricardo López, superintendent. “I am so proud of what they accomplished in only a two week period of giving. I know this huge infusion of donations to the food pantry comes a good time. When the schools are closed, this tends to increase the demands on the food pantries in general.”
López also said he hoped this would not only see the Mission Food Pantry through the holiday period, but also give them a very good start to the New Year.
Pictured are members of the Mission CISD Board of Trustees, and maintenance department employees as they worked to unload one of many loads of donated food from the Mission CISD schools.
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