As Arvest Bank’s One Million Meals campaign continues, one local school is doing its part. Students in the Yellville-Summit School District recently raised over $3,000 and collected more than 1,000 non-perishable food items during a week-long food and funds drive titled “Panthers Can Change Lives,” and collections benefitted the school’s Food for Thought Backpack Program supporting nearly 50 local children.
A friendly competition was created as part of the campaign to determine which grades could collect the most change. The kindergartners won the kindergarten through sixth grade division, and the freshmen class was at the top among seventh through 12th grades. Every class at Yellville-Summit was treated to a complimentary cookout by Arvest Bank following the campaign.
Arvest’s One Million Meals campaign is a two-month bank-wide effort to reduce hunger in the 120 communities it serves in a four-state area. It challenges associates, customers and the community to donate non-perishable food items and money to any Arvest Bank location in support ofo local food partners. Donations at Arvest Bank in Yellville and its surrounding communities benefit the Food Bank of North Central Arkansas’s backpack program and other area backpack programs operated by various organizations. According to Yellville-Summit Elementary School Counselor, students have raised for than $13,000 for the Food for Thought Backpack Program since 2013.
The One Million Meals campaign will continue through June 3rd. Donations can be made by calling 866-952-9523, and Arvest credit card customers can donate Arvest Flex Rewards points by going online to arvestflexrewards.com and clicking on the 1 Million Meals banner. For more information, go to arvest.com/millionmeals.
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