Penndale Donates 2,929 Cans to Manna on Main
The math classes at the Lansdale middle school know that Food + Donations = Happiness
Food + Donating = Happiness. This was one equation that 26 Penndale Middle Schoolers will remember for life, following their delivery of more than 2,900 canned goods to Manna on Main Street Friday morning. "Throughout the school, all math classes did a canned food drive," said Sara Heil, Penndale eighth grade math teacher. "We made bar graphs for each of the classes and each student filled in one box per can, to see which class could bring in the most. The winning class is the second-period class. They brought in 234 cans. My five classes overall brought in 825 cans. Overall, for all three grades, they brought in 2,929 cans. We filled 67 boxes and brought them over in four vehicles." Heil said it started 11 years ago with just her math …
Tina
4:01 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012
I just want to say that every year Officer Matlock comes to pick up the turkey's. And every year he always tells everyone how much everything is needed for those that have nothing. This is a man that really cares and makes it a point to let people know how something that might seem like nothing to someone actually means the world to someone in need. Officer Matlock, thank you for really caring … more ›