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Brookings High School HOSA members ask community to donate age-appropriate food for childhood food-insecurity drive
Summary
Brookings High School HOSA students outlined a community awareness project and food drive focused on childhood food insecurity; the drive accepts donations at the high school front office through the stated collection window.
Students from Brookings High School’s HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) chapter presented a community-awareness project to the council and asked residents to donate age-appropriate food items for children.
Amelia Wendell and a fellow student identified themselves as HOSA members and said they worked with the Brookings Food Pantry to compile national, state and local data on childhood food insecurity and to assemble a preferred list of items for the pantry. Wendell said childhood food insecurity includes not only hunger but also uncertainty about where the next meal will come from.
The students said Feeding America estimates about one in five children nationally experience food insecurity and that local estimates show roughly one in six children in Brookings County may face food insecurity. They provided a list of preferred food items for the age group and asked residents to drop donations at the Brookings High School front office during the collection period for their project.
Councilmembers thanked the students and asked logistical questions about where to drop off donations and how long the drive will run; students said the collection window is short but donations are still being accepted at the high-school front office.
