周日, 9月10日, 将近40名阿什利学院的学生, 教师, 和 family members braved the heat 和 traffic to Wannamaker Park to participate in the 步行对抗饥饿 由 低地食品银行, an organization based in Charleston which donates food to agencies up 和 down the coast of South Carolina. 十大最好的网赌平台团队筹集了超过1美元,400, 最重要的筹款团队, 这笔钱将帮助提供超过8个,为低地地区的家庭提供1万顿饭. 

就在今年年度“抗击饥饿步行”活动的几天前, 十大最好的网赌平台主持了布伦达·肖, 低地食品银行的首席开发官, for an 上学校 assembly to speak with students about her organization 和 what food insecurity looks like in our community.

“食物缺乏保障的人看起来就像你我一样,Kelly Sumner说, 心理咨询和高年级学生生活主管, 是谁帮助安排了肖的访问. “他们是你的邻居, they’re your friends; there isn’t a certain look to being in need or a certain community that’s in need. I think students were able to really connect with that [during Shaw’s visit], 然后把食物银行的工作联系起来, 他们为谁服务, 和 take the opportunity to go out 和 help bring awareness to this issue right here in their community with their friends.”

Both the assembly 和 walk event were a part of 十大最好的网赌平台’s annual global education initiative in which students 和 educators are exploring ways they can help contribute to creating a 到2030年，世界将消除饥饿 今年. But the School’s contributions to fighting food insecurity in Charleston is far from new.

“We’ve supported the 低地食品银行 consistently for decades,萨姆纳说. “We’ve had so many interesting ways we’ve been connected to them 和 other organizations over the years, 和 we’re just so very appreciative to them that they are able to host 和 support our students in return.”

虽然这些年来倡议一直在变化, 十大最好的网赌平台’s dedication to playing a part in ending hunger in its very own community has remained consistent. Here’s a look at how the School’s partnerships with the 低地食品银行 和 other local organizations fighting hunger have evolved over the years:

1990年代末

每年临近感恩节假期, 十大最好的网赌平台 began hosting a school-wide food drive in support of the 低地食品银行 during which 上学校 students would designate different food items to different grade levels depending on the needs of the food bank at that time. 

2001

9月是饥饿行动月, 2001年, all Non-Uniform Days in September were dedicated to supporting the 低地食品银行, 校园里的每个人都穿着橙色的衣服, 这是饥饿行动月的官方颜色, 表示他们的支持!

2007

十大最好的网赌平台 began the year with a “Day of Service” on the first day of school, 和 the Class of 2010 went to the 低地食品银行 to volunteer their time to help pack 和 organize food donations. “This would be the first time we had a whole grade level volunteer at once,萨姆纳说. “这为未来的活动铺平了道路.”

2010 

In 2010, the School formalized its Community Action Initiative which requires students 20 hours of community service to graduate. 此后的每一年, the senior class has spent time during a dedicated week at the end of the year volunteering together at the 低地食品银行我要把我的仓库还给他们.

2013

作为当地一个名为 我爱饥饿的孩子, 十大最好的网赌平台 students spent their Saturdays throughout the year volunteering to fill backpacks  belonging to kids in under-resourced areas with donated food for them to eat over the weekend. “It would be enough food to sustain these children who were getting most of their nutritious meals at school,萨姆纳说.

2015

In 2015, the 低地食品银行 created a program for students in local schools to help carry out their work as Hunger Advocates. After being elected by a School committee 和 passing an application process with the food bank, alumna Tiffany Dye ’15 became 十大最好的网赌平台’s first ever Hunger Advocate. 大四的时候, she increased the number of school-wide food drives 和 more people than ever volunteered, 萨姆纳说. Her sister, Marissa Dye ’21, would then follow in her footsteps as a Hunger Advocate. “T这些女孩在很多方面都很有活力, 他们真的很关心社区，想为社区服务,萨姆纳说.

2021

的 低地祝福盒项目 stocks containers in neighborhoods around Charleston with non-perishable food items, 基本的化妆品, 婴儿用品, 和 anything else that might be considered a blessing to people who find themselves in need. In 2021, 中间的程序 教师 members Katie Perez-Phillips ’07 和 Kiki Sweigart partnered with the organization so 十大最好的网赌平台 students could maintain their very own box with regular food donations. 学生和家庭仍然 准备十大网赌平台推荐的十大最好的网赌平台祝福盒 每周都在FUEL餐厅吃饭!