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Resident urges food pantry donations and safer stadium access; school leaders promote student-run fundraisers
Summary
A Brandon resident asked the board and community to support the Brandon Food Pantry, citing a $12,000 shortfall, and urged installation of handrails at stadium seating; the high school announced an Empty Bowls fundraiser and a food-drive competition with Sioux Falls Lincoln.
Resident Lisa Marceau told the board that monetary donations to the Brandon Food Pantry have dropped and urged board members, administrators and attendees to buy tickets or donate. "Individual tickets are $45. A table of eight is $360," she said, and "they are needing about $12,000 to sustain them." Marceau also raised safety concerns about the absence of handrails at stadium seating for elderly and disabled attendees.
Separately, the high school principal described student-led community activities that coincide with the same cause: the second annual Empty Bowls fundraiser, in which 167 handcrafted bowls will be available and proceeds go directly to the food pantry. "The first 167 people that come for soup... will receive a handcrafted bowl they get to take home with them," the principal said. The principal also outlined a friendly food-drive competition with Sioux Falls Lincoln and stated incentives (free popcorn for nonperishable donations) for attendees at upcoming events.
The board thanked Marceau for her comments and heard the school’s event announcements; no formal board action on facility handrails or pantry funding was recorded in the meeting transcript.
