Broken Arrow (OK) Public Schools held their sixth annual district-wide food drive from March 26 to March 30. Anyone in the community, including students, parents, and faculty members, were encouraged to donate non-perishable items to help provide meals to their neighbors in need.
Broken Arrow Public Schools has always been determined to collect a monumental amount of food, and they succeeded again this year. More than 6,800 lbs. of food was donated, which is enough to provide nearly 5,700 meals! Our friends from Accent Moving & Storage provided boxes for the event and volunteered to deliver all of the donations to Broken Arrow Neighbors. Since 2013, the Broken Arrow Schools have collected more than 80,000 lbs. of food.
Although they collected enough food to provide nearly 5,700 meals, Candy Lievsay, a teacher at Sequoyah Middle School, said she was disappointed in the results. 
“This was a very difficult year to try to do a food drive," said Lievsay, who helped start this annual tradition after reading about Move For Hunger. "I am grateful for every pound we get this year."
We are always amazed by the generosity of the Broken Arrow community, and this year was no different.
"The students and teachers at Broken Arrow Public Schools continue to inspire me," said our Executive Director Adam Lowy. "Over the past six years, they have donated nearly 80,000 pounds of food to Broken Arrow Neighbors. More importantly, an entire generation of children has learned about the importance of giving back to their community. We are so proud to be a part of this event."
Nearly 100,000 people in Tulsa County are food insecure, including 1 in 5 children. Thank you to Candy, her students, her fellow teachers, and to the crew at Accent Moving & Storage. We are so grateful for the opportunity to work with such wonderful community every year.
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