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By Linda Dillman
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Pandemic does not slow efforts
to help the CW food pantry
Canal Winchester sixth grade middle school students
are not letting a pandemic shut down their efforts
to help those in need throughout the community.
Giving back means getting back out into the community
for a city-wide Brock Walk food drive the
morning of July 16. Volunteer teams consisting of
sixth graders and their families will canvas neighborhoods,
placing donation bags and fliers on doors on
July 15 and then return the next day for any donations
left outside before 9 a.m.
Volunteers never knock on doors asking for donations
and the process allows for very little contact
between the volunteer and the homeowner.
Last fall, a little over $5,000 was raised through a
flower sale to benefit a spring grocery trip to purchase
supplies needed by the city’s Human Needs food pantry.
Due to the outbreak, that event was cancelled, but
$4,000 was donated to the pantry during a May matching
Community Week fundraiser sponsored by a local
Boy Scout troop. The remaining $1,000 was donated to
the BrockStrong Foundation.
“We had a spring flower sale planned too but decided
to cancel that since so many people were struggling
economically during that time,” said teacher Kelly
Best. “The pandemic has certainly taken away or
altered so many events people were looking forward to,
so we wanted to try to give this back to our students if
we could do so safely.”
Best said the number one question she asked when
school doors were shuttered in March was regarding
the fate of the Brock Walk.
“It feels good to finally be able to say, Yes,” said
Best. “We knew the BrockStrong Foundation would
gladly adopt this project for the summer and that the
pantry would help us in any way we needed, so we just
had to figure out how to adapt it to make it happen as
safely as possible. We also collect any empty bags still
hanging outside. Additionally, working at the pantry
afterward was an option this year, but we have cut
that number in half and will space out according to
health guidelines.”
Best said most sixth grade families opted to adopt a
route but not work at the pantry. In their place are
high schoolers, staff of Sycamore Creek Church and
BrockStrong volunteers.
“We started with about 3,000 houses and our sixthgrade
families filled all of the spots before we even offered
the sign-up to other BrockStrong volunteers,” said Best.
“We have since added an additional 1,000 houses.”
Typically, students take care of all of the prep work
for the project, spending time s making thousands of
donation bags, researching walking routes, placing
and collecting their donation bags and then working at
the pantry afterward to count, sort and box all of the
donations they collected.
This year, however, a lot of that prep work was
taken care of by BrockStrong Foundation volunteers,
who created all of the donation bags.
“When students aren’t receiving meals at school, the
demand at the pantry automatically increases, so we are
looking for all types of donations, but certainly kidfriendly
options will be super helpful,” said Best.
“Breakfast foods are always needed at the pantry, so
cereal, Pop-Tarts, and granola bars would be beneficial.”
The list also includes peanut butter and jelly,
microwavable meals, Hamburger Helper, fruit cups,
and snacks. Personal hygiene items and household
items such as laundry detergent, dish soap, and trash
bags are needed as well.
According to Best, the Brock Walk project has
become crucial to the pantry for the summer months
when students are not receiving meals at school.
“Our goal is to fill the pantry’s shelves for the entire
summer and to ensure our students have ample access
to food,” said Best. “Each year we work with the
BrockStrong Foundation and the food pantry try to
find a way to make the project more successful. Last
year resulted in the single largest food collection the
pantry has received with 22,734 items being collected
by last year’s group. I’m pretty sure that’s a record
Brock Johnson would be proud of.”
Best does not anticipate breaking any records this
year, as many people are financially struggling and
students are not covering nearly as many houses as
they typically would with a full sixth grade class.
“However, we always tell our students what they
collect is more than what they started with and it’s
their willingness to get out there and try to make a difference
in their community that really matters,” said
Best. “For the students, it’s typically about numbers -
they want to crush a goal, but for the school, the
BrockStrong Foundation, and the food pantry, it’s
about teaching kids to give back and help out when
they can.”
Township Police statistics
June crime statistics for Madison
Township, according to the Madison
Township Police: 68 assist/mutual aid, 7
animal complaints, 5 burglary, 28 domestic
complaints, 8 missing persons, 21 suspicious
persons, 14 larceny/thefts, 5
assaults, 12 threats or harassment, 125
traffic stops, 11 property damage accidents,
16 hots fired in area, 14 vandalism,
7 hit-skip accidents, 35 parking, 10 juvenile
complaints, 2 driving under the influence.
Capital Improvement Plan
Copies of the 2020-24 Lithopolis Village
Capital Improvement Plan are available fo
viewing at the Lithopolis Village Office,
11820 Lithopolis Road, NW, Lithopolis.