More than 3,300 pounds of food donated during third annual Fill the Bus event

According to Americorp member Pam Moe this years “Fill the Bus” event on Monday, was another successful year for food collection in Boundary County. 

Boundary County Middle School brought 716 food contributions to the “Fill the Bus” project. The seventh-grade students also helped fill and presell the bags of food donations at Boundary Trading Co.

The food on the bus which was parked at Boundary Trading Co.  weighed 2,820 pounds.   Rich Beck’s  of Beck’s furniture truck was parked at Safeway it did not get weighed but it is estimated that the food weighed  500 pounds.

Cash donations totaled $829 which was more than last year and not as much as the previous year, but a good amount.

There were a total of 78 volunteers including Bonners Ferry High School and Boundary County Middle School students, teachers, retired teachers, basketball teams, cheerleaders, Echo Springs students, PTO moms, Rotary club members, retired citizens, unemployed citizens and many other concerned members of the community.

“It was a very successful Lewis-Clark Service Corps, Americorps, Martin Luther King Day of service project,” said Moe. “Thanks goes out to everyone who volunteered and the businesses who facilitated in making our “Fill the Bus” food drive such a success, again.”

Sponsored by Lewis and Clark Service Corp. the Americorps community service project is collecting food to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day making it a “day of service.”

Americorps  promotes and sponsors community projects world wide. 

“The whole point of Americorps is giving back to the community,” said Americorps member Squire Fields.