Mountain Brook Schools Donate Extra Food To Local Non-Profits

MOUNTAIN BROOK, AL — With no more school lunches being served for the rest of the academic year, some schools are now left with more food than they can store or use. Mountain Brook City Schools turned that issue into a huge donation to a local non-profit.

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The school system Tuesday donated extra food to Magic City Harvest, a food recovery program that donates to several local charities, women’s centers and homeless shelters.

Tricia Neura, head of child nutrition for Mountain Brook City Schools, said Magic City Harvest director Suzanne Wright referred her to Mountain Brook parent Leigh Ann Sisson, who was packing bags at Avondale UMC for Avondale Elementary.

"Together we decided that some of the food items (chips, crackers, cereal, cereal bars, granola bars, fruit snacks and other snack items) would be donated to Avondale UMC so they could assist Avondale Elementary with their feeding program," Neura said. "I consolidated the inventory from our 6 schools to the High School and the Magic City Harvest Truck (along with the driver named Willie), came and picked up the donations this afternoon."

Neura said initial donations (bread, produce, yogurt, cheese, chicken salad and other perishable items) went to the Jewish Community Center and Homewood Middle School to assist them with their meal service.

"This was the least we could do to help our community out during these unprecedented times," Neura said. "In fact, I wish we could do more and I am open to ideas to make that happen."