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News<br />

Photos by Bonnie Hobbs<br />

From left: McKenna Olsen, Heather<br />

Balberchak and Kelly Morrison, of Girl<br />

Scout Troop 3327, prepare to pack canned<br />

goods into crates.<br />

Westfield High junior Ben Miller brings<br />

canned goods to tables for sorting.<br />

Carting away some empty boxes are Centreville High Key<br />

Club members (from left) Dylan King, Andrew Lee,<br />

Shivan Prasad and Arya Rashidian.<br />

The Community Helps Out<br />

The Boy Scout food drive to restock<br />

Western Fairfax Christian<br />

Ministries’ (WFCM) food pantry<br />

was Saturday, Nov. 12.<br />

The Scouts collected nearly 65,000 pounds<br />

of food donated by the community and<br />

sorted it along with Girl Scouts, students<br />

and others.<br />

“This is a phenomenal achievement for a<br />

one-day collection, and we really appreciate<br />

the generosity of the people in our community,<br />

said Michael Adere, the food drive’s<br />

organizer.<br />

“Almost 900 Boy Scouts, plus over 700 other<br />

volunteers, participated. They got to experience<br />

what it’s like to give back to their<br />

community — and the people receiving this<br />

food might even be their next-door neighbors.”<br />

— Bonnie Hobbs<br />

Sorting canned goods are Scouts from West Ox Baptist Church in<br />

<strong>Chantilly</strong>.<br />

www.ConnectionNewspapers.com<br />

Sorting food into categories are (from left) Karla Romero, Robinson<br />

Secondary freshman; Alex MacNamara, <strong>Chantilly</strong> High junior; Sarah<br />

MacNamara, <strong>Chantilly</strong> freshman; Kayla Spottswood, Centreville High<br />

freshman; and Anisha Beladia, Centreville High junior.<br />

<strong>Chantilly</strong> Connection ❖ November 16-22, 2016 ❖ 3

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