Parish passes peanut butter collection goal
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Parish delivered more than 12,000 jars of peanut butter to the North Texas Food Bank on April 20. Parish exceeded its goal of 10,000 jars and turned in the highest total of the 10 non-profit organizations. The peanut butter drive was designed by “Oprah’s Big Give”, a nationally televised reality show to encourage sharing resources throughout communities. Parish collected approximately 12,400 jars during the last month from students, families and faculty at its Hillcrest and Midway campuses. Parish high school students filled a 14-foot U-Haul moving truck and five SUVs with peanut butter. Parish was one of 10 local organizations selected by the North Texas Food Bank to participate.Oprah's popular reality TV show and ABC are distributed a total of $1 million in $10,000 increments to ABC affiliates to challenge cities to leverage the cash to better their communities. The rules of the game are to choose a local nonprofit agency to work through.
Dallas affiliate WFAA Channel 8 chose the North Texas Food Bank, specifically the Food 4 Kids program as the beneficiary organization. The NTFB’s Food 4 Kids program supplies school-aged children with nutritious, kid-friendly food designed to fill a backpack and feed them over the weekend during the school year.Parish regularly collects and distributes food for the North Texas Food Bank throughout the year.
Dallas affiliate WFAA Channel 8 chose the North Texas Food Bank, specifically the Food 4 Kids program as the beneficiary organization. The NTFB’s Food 4 Kids program supplies school-aged children with nutritious, kid-friendly food designed to fill a backpack and feed them over the weekend during the school year.Parish regularly collects and distributes food for the North Texas Food Bank throughout the year.
