Through the Student Hunger Drive, students rally around a significant community need – hunger – as they plan and execute their own food drives over a six-week period. The emphasis is on nutritional food and the students set their goals and work hard to exceed them, while enjoying a friendly competition with other area high schools.Students also learn about volunteerism through this hands-on experience.
This year, students from 17 area high schools joined at River Bend Foodbank to celebrate their accomplishments over the past 6 weeks. This year, students provided 624,019 meals to help feed the hungry in eastern Iowa and western Illinois.
2018 Student Hunger Drive award winners:
• Most Pounds Collected
o Davenport West High School
• Division A (enrollment 1251+)
o 1st Place: Pleasant Valley High Schoolo
2nd Place: Davenport West High Schoolo
Most Improved: Rock Island High School
• Division B (enrollment 300-1250)
o 1st Place: Alleman High Schoolo
2nd Place: Assumption High Schoolo
Most Improved: North Scott High School
• Division C (enrollment 25-299)
o 1st Place: Rivermont Collegiate
o 2nd Place: Morning Star Academy
o Most Improved: Thurgood Marshall Learning Center
• Mission Challenge Winner
o Bettendorf High School