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Food Drive

fOOD DRIVE GENERAL INFORMATION:

fOOD DRIVE GENERAL INFORMATION:

Hunger is less prevalent in our community thanks to the Kendall County Community Food Pantry (KCCFP) providing thousands of food and household items to families every month. For the TENTH consecutive year, Oswego Community Unit School District 308 and Allied First Bank will help to keep the KCCFP and the Oswego Satellite Location well stocked! 
 
With the Kendall County Community Food Pantry’s bulk buying power every $1 contributed to the KCCFP purchases $8 in groceries. A $10 donation feeds someone for a week!  A $10 donation is equivalent to 80 food items in the Food Drive Competition.
 

Competion Information

 
October 3 - October 12, all schools in the district will participate in the district’s annual food drive competition.   A friendly competition between schools, with the school collecting the most combined total of actual items and "equivalent" items, will be awarded with a coveted trophy and "bragging" rights.
All online as well as in-person cash/check donations will be counted as $1 = 8 items towards the competition count (checks made payable to KCCFP). 
 
ALL donations made online through the KCCFP Donation Portal will be designated for a specific school.  
In the US the average cost of food per person is 11.05/day, 77.35/week, 342.50/month. Dollar signs and blue/yellow background
 
Every $1 Donated = $8 in Groceries with a single dollar bill and stack of eight dollar bills.
 
Every $10 donated = 80 grocery items. Images of eight dollar bills stacked and 80 cans of food.
 
FOOD DRIVE PROGRESS
 

FOOD DRIVE PROGRESS
 

2021: 385,141 Total Items Collected
2022: 413,137 Total Items Collected
 YEAR BY YEAR DONATIONS:
 

 YEAR BY YEAR DONATIONS:
 

2014 FOOD DRIVE INFORMATION

Items Collected: 58,000

With 58,000 items, this was the KCCFP's largest single donation!
 

2015 FOOD DRIVE INFORMATION

Items Collected: 85,000

 

2016 FOOD DRIVE INFORMATION

Items Collected: 113,000

 

2017 FOOD DRIVE INFORMATION

Items Collected: 126,932

 

2018 FOOD DRIVE INFORMATION

Items Collected: 132,836


2019 FOOD DRIVE INFORMATION

Items Collected: 286,611 Combined items and "equivalent" items delivered!

 

2020 FOOD DRIVE INFORMATION

Items Collected: 139,152 Combined items and "equivalent items/during COVID-19!

Winners:

Oswego High School
Plank Junior High School
Churchill Elementary School
*Over the last 7 years, cumulative total of "items" collected: 953,259
 

2021 FOOD DRIVE INFORMATION

Items Collected: 385,141 Combined items and "cash equivalent items!"

Winners

Oswego East High School
Traughber Junior High School
Churchill Elementary School (Grand Champion)
*SD 308 has now donated a total of 1,187,520 "items" to the KCCFP since starting the food drive!
 

2022 FOOD DRIVE INFORMATION

Items Collected: 413,137

Winners

Oswego East High School with 22 items per student
Bednarcik Junior High School with 29 items per student
GRAND CHAMPION: Churchill Elementary with an incredible 107 items per student
*SD 308 has now donated a total of 1,739,809 "items" to the KCCFP since starting the food drive!