Bismarck-Mandan students start a can drive for the food bank
High school students launched Bis-Man Gives a Can, a drive for the Great Plains Food Bank with a goal of 2,000 food items from each school.
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High school students across Bismarck and Mandan have started Bis-Man Gives a Can, a food drive for the Great Plains Food Bank, Prairie Public reported. Sophomore Teddy Andrist of Bismarck Century High School said he borrowed the idea from Fill the Dome, a Fargo drive that has been collecting food and money for neighbors for 20 years. Representatives from the area high schools are running this one together.
The goal is 2,000 food items from each school. St. Mary's student Olivia Lundeen said the drive is aimed at families who are not sure where the next meal is coming from. Food was being accepted at the Bismarck Event Center through Tuesday.
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High school students in Bismarck and Mandan, North Dakota, started a food drive called Bis-Man Gives a Can. The food goes to the Great Plains Food Bank. The idea came from Teddy Andrist, a sophomore at Bismarck Century High School. He liked a long-running drive in Fargo called Fill the Dome and wanted something like it at home. Students from the high schools are collecting together. Their goal is 2,000 food items from each school. Donations were being taken at the Bismarck Event Center. Olivia Lundeen, a student at St. Mary's, said she wanted families to know where the next meal would come from.
- Why would students run a food drive instead of waiting for adults to do it?
- What foods would actually help a family cook a meal?
- How could your school set a goal that every grade could reach?
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