Imagine, if you will, a giant warehouse filled with pallets holding huge boxes of all kinds of food products. And again imagine standing in front of this sea of boxes and your job is to sort every bit of it. You would think this would be overwhelming right? But not to our Stafford students!

The Stafford Elementary Student Council members and the Gifted and Talented students went to the North Texas Food Bank to help anyway they could. They jumped right in and started sorting food as fast as they could for two and a half hours. Last year they packed lunches, this year they sorted lots and lots of food products setting it up for the volunteers that would pack lunches.

I asked the students where did the food come from? They answered, “There were lots and lots of boxes with store names on them such as H.E.B, Walmart, Walgreens, Kroger and Target.”

Mrs. Janek (teacher) said, “The staff at the North Texas Food Bank were so excited to see that there were kids helping too, not just adults.” She also said, “There was no laziness in these kids. They worked hard and fast to get the job done. They figured out a system with the boxes so they could go quicker and utilized their ‘team player’ skills.”

All the students felt really good about helping others. They were all in agreement that when you help others you feel good inside. And that it is very rewarding to do a service for people in need.

Our Stafford students sorted 23 pallets which contained 25,300 pounds of food. They sorted enough food for 21,083 meals in just two and a half hours!

Job well done Stafford Students!