UIS trick-or-treaters collect 6,220 pounds of food
University of Illinois Springfield students collected 6,220 pounds of food during a trick-or-treat for canned goods, for the Central Illinois Foodbank.
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University of Illinois Springfield students collected 6,220 pounds of food on a trick-or-treat for canned goods, the Illinois Times reported. The haul goes to the Central Illinois Foodbank.
The weight is this drive. It is not the food bank's whole year, and it is not a count of every door in Springfield.
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Students at the University of Illinois Springfield went trick-or-treating for canned food instead of only candy. They brought back 6,220 pounds for the Central Illinois Foodbank. A pound is a way to weigh the cans. Six thousand pounds is heavier than a small car. The students knocked on doors the way trick-or-treaters do, and neighbors gave groceries. The food bank will pass that food on to people who need it. The number is what this one drive collected, not everything the food bank will move this year.
- Why would neighbors give cans to someone in a costume?
- What is the difference between candy and a can of food?
- How could a younger class collect food without going out at night?
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