Food drive competition at EHS and Central Hardin collects food for area families

Students at Elizabethtown and Central Hardin high schools have been engaged in a friendly competition between schools and grades this week.

“Whichever grade brings in the most food gets popsicles, so that obviously gets a lot of kids to bring in stuff,” said EHS senior Rachel Bell. “I know a lot of freshmen have brought it in, and it’s become overall a competition that was cool to see who can bring in the most food.”

That’s EHS Senior Rachel Bell. Bell said she got the idea for the food drive while participating in the Morehead State University Governor’s Scholars Program this past summer.

“We did a food drive for my focus area in the last week of GSP, and everyone donated their snacks and stuff, so it kind of got me thinking that I wanted to do the same thing in my community because it really bonded us all as a community at GSP,” Bell said.

The winners will be announced during halftime of Friday’s Central versus E-Town football game.