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Hersey’s 50th Anniversary Food Drive Collects 46,000 Cans


John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights held its 50th annual food drive, this time collecting 46,000 cans and boxes of food that filled three trucks.

Former staff member Will Koslowski started Hersey’s food drive in 1969 as an activity for the Service over Self (SOS) class. It has continued to grow ever since.

​SOS students set up stations in the cafeteria for drop off by food type. They used labels above the tables to indicate which type of canned food to leave at which table.

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