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Northvail Students Remember the Needy

Local elementary schoolers do their part to give for the holiday season.

Helping those who are homeless or hungry is an important part of the holiday season, and even youngsters are taking that sentiment to heart. The Student Council recently organized a food drive to help supply the . During their free time, council members created posters asking faculty, staff and fellow students to donate to the food drive and hung them around the school. All last week, the students gathered donations from every classroom: Northvail was able to collect two car loads of canned and boxed goods for distribution to the township food pantry.

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