NDS has completed another successful year of the Souper Bowl for Caring drive!  We are grateful to all 16 schools and prep programs who generously collected nearly 13,000 pounds of soup in total for our network of pantries throughout the five-county area!   All donations will be used to stock the shelves of over 40 food cupboards throughout the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Of note, was Sacred Heart Academy’s collection of over 8,000 cans, our largest collection of the season, and the largest collection ever by one school!   “We have an opportunity to positively impact the community, not just by creating awareness around hunger, but actively working to eradicate it, and encouraging others to do the same.” Students from Sacred Heart Academy’s lower, middle and upper schools enthusiastically participated in a friendly competition to see who could collect the most cans. Divided into two teams per division, students used their creativity and area connections to collect as much soup as possible. Recruitment of alumni family members, grocery store connections, Campbell’s Soup Corporate, and faculty/staff of Sacred Heart, students pulled together to provide thousands of cans of soups for the hungry. Student leaders on the Committee of Games, Seniors Emma Winner and Danielle Santora, shared the sentiment, that it was a “friendly, fun competition, but for a good cause.  After working determinedly as a school, we realized how impactful our donation would be for those in need.” Abigail Loranca, member of the Seniors Community Service Corp, reflected, “We have an opportunity to positively impact the community, not just by creating awareness around hunger, but actively working to eradicate it and encouraging others to do the same.” “Impacting the community” is a value embraced by Sacred Heart students … Continue reading Students fight hunger with Souper Bowl of Caring collection