EPCHS Clubs Collect 300 Pounds Of Food For Evergreen Park Pantry

EVERGREEN PARK, IL – Clubs and organizations affiliated with Evergreen Park Community High School combined to collect more than 300 pounds of food for the Evergreen Park Food Pantry in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving.

Led by members of EPCHS’ National Honor Society, Student Government, Student Leadership and Service Club students, all students were urged to donate non-perishable items during their Mustang IDEA blocks.

The IDEA block led by business/technology teacher Jason Fundukian donated the most food with 55.4 pounds. Science teacher Mike Brahm’s group was next with just under 46 pounds, and English teacher Chris Mikulskis’s class was third with 34.2 pounds.

The donations were delivered to the Evergreen Park Food Pantry on Nov. 28.

“It is a privilege to work amongst so many wonderful people,” said Ben Nesler, EPCHS’ National Honor Society faculty sponsor and Social Studies division chair.