Nov. 22, 2005

MFS STUDENTS HELP THE HUNGRY WITH HOLIDAY MEALS 

 

MOORESTOWN, NJ – Moorestown Friends School students have contributed, packed and delivered 116 complete holiday meals – all the ingredients for a holiday feast, $982 in funds for meat purchases along with six cartons of supplement food stores  – to New Visions Community Center in Camden. Each box collected and packed by the students included two cans of vegetables, two cans of gravy, mashed or sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, stuffing mix, muffin or biscuit mix, pumpkin pie mix, evaporated milk, pie crust mix and a student-designed computer generated color book.

Community service is a year-round activity and part of the curriculum through every level of instruction at MFS. It has been an MFS graduation requirement since 1989 that seniors perform community service, and many students exceed the 50-hours required for graduation. The active ongoing program of community service includes tutoring students, serving meals to the homeless and providing companionship for senior citizens.