Story written by: Alliyah Azlan,

In partnership with the Alamo Association of Student Councils, Student Council hosted a food donation drive this past week. The drive lasted from January 18th until February 2nd. On Saturday, February 3rd, AASC will host the food drive at their Leadership Workshop where each student involved will be expected to donate two items.

As the Food Bank always needs donations, Student Council thought a food drive would be the best option for their community service workshop project. By opening the drive to the Marshall community, the opportunity for food donations gained. Despite how widespread the donation drive became, however, many students still didn’t take up the opportunity.

“We were hoping to expand our footprint and get more donations this way,” Kimberly Ahokas, the co-sponsor for Student Council, said. “Unfortunately, we have received only a couple of items to donate.”

According to students on campus, however, the lack of donations had nothing to do with the reach of the donation drive, but more so the lack of student interest in donating.

“I think a food drive could really help those in need,” Katherine Putnam, a sophomore, said. “If there was a prize for the homeroom with the most donations, or even for an individual student, there’d be more student interest and we’d have more donations.”

Although the food drive has ended at Marshall, there are still opportunities for students who wish to contribute to their community. For the students who were unable to donate this time around, but have wishes to donate some time in the future, there are places where they can do so. Apart from the San Antonio Food Bank, all Goodwill stores and donation centers have a red barrel for non-perishable food items.