100th Day Collection

Gifts of Love collected more than 2,000 items at Wednesday, the culmination of a 100th day food drive. 

A total of 30 classrooms at the school each collected a different item for the drive, which included canned goods, pasta, coffee, non-food items like soap and much more. 

Helping organize the items Wednesday were some of the enrichment students that were responsible for compiling and charting the donations throughout the drive, which began Jan. 18. 

“I’m very overwhelmed by Canton’s generosity,” said Lisa Nanni, who organized a similar drive with second-graders last year. “This was a visual thing for the kids to see and very worthwhile.”

“I think the people who are getting the things are really lucky to have them and it’s really fun,” said Olivia Deal, one of the students helping Wednesday. 

After the items were loaded into the Gifts of Love truck, Chris Napierski, outreach coordinator for the organization, and Cherry Brook principal Andy Robbin went to each class, thanked the kids for their donations and reiterated the idea of helping others.