Student Hunger Service Project

The Bryant PTSA and Administration are partnering with Hunger Intervention Program to give a hands-on opportunity for our community to learn about and help students facing hunger every day in Seattle. The District has programs to feed in-need students while they’re at school. But on the weekends and school breaks, students need extra assistance to assure that hunger isn’t an obstacle to learning during the week.

Every month a different grade will hold a food drive to collect the food needed to fill 100 weekend meal packs. At the end of the month families come together for an evening packing party. The whole family can join!

Contact Leeann Huntington for information or to help.

Attention 4th Graders! HIP Food Drive Runs Monday, November 27 – Monday, December 11

Kathy Austin

For many of us, the winter holidays are a time to indulge in good food and sweet treats. However, for many students on free and reduced meal plans, the winter holiday represents a time of food insecurity where they don’t know where their next meal will come from while away from school. With the support of 4th grade families, the Student Hunger Service Project will provide food insecure students in Northeast Seattle with food over the winter break.

The 4th grade food drive runs Monday, November 27 – Monday, December 11th. Collection bins are located in each 4th grade classroom and includes Kearney’s, James’, Salisbury’s, and Benaltabe’s split 4th/5th grade class. All food donations are due by December 13. (If you don’t have time to shop, you can donate money towards the HIP food drive and we’ll do the shopping for you on Thursday, December 14). The packing party where food items are assembled into 100 HIP packs will be Friday, December 15 at 7pm in the lunchroom.

Please look for the Kid mail flyer and email from room parents with more details and a SignUp Genius link to donate specific individually wrapped items.

Direct any questions to Amy Hughes or Leeann Huntington.

Thank you in advance for your support.
Your Community Service Committee

Student Hunger Service Project kicks into gear

Kathy Austin

The Community Service Committee is happy to announce that we are ready to kick off our school wide Student Hunger Service Project for the 2016-17 school year. We are partnering with the Hunger Intervention Program (HIP) again this year to provide nutritious weekend meals for students on free and reduced meal plans. While these students have access to breakfast and lunch at school, for many, the weekends can be a challenge. We want every student in north Seattle to have an equal chance at academic success so we have committed to assembling 100 weekend meal packs every month, starting in November. Read more →