A teacher at Doon Public School in Kitchener held a friendly competition with students, which led to the school collecting over 3,200 pounds of food, and more than $2,500 in cash, for the Food Bank of Waterloo Region.
Teacher Paul Nagge has been organizing the holiday campaign for the last 25 years.
This year, he challenged the students to try and raise more food than he could on his own.
“This year I didn’t have a homeroom. I thought, let’s have all the Grade 7 students and all the Grade 8 students bring in as much as they can. If they bring in more than me, then they can get out of a period and have a free gym period,” Nagge explained. “If all the Grade 7 students, combined, bring in more food than I do, then they get out of a period of English and get to pick whatever …