The Gulfport School District collected over two tons of peanut butter for the March of the Mayors Food Drive.
Worldwide.- - the gulfport school district- collected over two tons of- peanut butter for the march of- the mayors food drive.- news 25's sabria reid takes us- to gulfport high school to see- their contribution.
- - over the last month, gulfport - high school participated in a - district wide food drive- helping contribute to march of- the mayors.
- each coastal city is assigned a- food commonly used to restock - local food pantries.- in gulfport the food was peanut- butter.
- sandy east, gulfport school - district: - nats:it's over two tons of- peanut butter!"
Gulfport high school teachers - gave incentives to students to- encourage them to give back.- shanna batson, junior and senio- english teacher:- "the clubs decided that it was great way to give service hours- to the students."
Bringing one jar of peanut- butter gained a student 2 hours- toward- their service learning goal.- bernadette brockman, 11th grade- - - - student ambassador,: "different teachers would tell kids if the- brought in a certain amount of- jars they - would get a donut party."
The friendly competition betwee- classrooms, - administrators and staff led to- the school district - reaching their peanut butter- goal.
Sabria reid, news 25: - "gulfport high school has collected over 50 jars of peanu- butter, however the entire- school district has collected - over 4,000."
Student leaders found a way to- make it trendy.
- bernadette brockman, 11th grade- student embassadr,: "friends love to hang out together so if- we're always hanging out then - we'll be like - well lets stop by walmart and - let's go pick up some peanut- - - butter."
There's also a lesson to be learned.- bernadette brockman, 11th grade- student embassadr,: "peanut butter is really expensive, i - didn't expect it to be so - expensive.- shanna batson, junior and senio- english teacher:- "them getting to go to the stor and buy peanut butter makes the- aware of how- much just one item of food can- cost.
" friday at the lyman community - center, extra table will divide- the total number of goods - collected and distribute them - to each of the extra table's- coastal food pantries.- in gulfport sabria reid, news - 25.
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Four weeks of food collection came to an end in Gulfport today as everyone involved with the March of the Mayors boxed food ready..