Riverside High School
Parent Teacher Student Association
BATTLE OF THE BINS
November 6 - December 12
for our RHS Families Seeking Food Assistance
Presented by Riverside High School
With the suspension of the SNAP program as of Nov 1, Riverside's Red Cross Club, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Club, and PTSA are partnering with Greenville County Schools Student Services to help ease food anxiety for struggling RHS students and their families. We will use this year's Battle of the Bins collection drive to make food boxes to be distributed anonymously to our Riverside students in need.
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The collection drive will begin on November 6 and just like the rival football game over Thanksgiving weekend, you choose your favorite team to support when making your donation - Clemson or Carolina. Item donations can be made in exchange for service hours. Make an online donation through the link below, or drop your items in the appropriate "bin" each morning in the T-Mall between 7:45-8:30am to receive a donation receipt for proof of service hours.
*Students must know the value of their item donation to receive a donation receipt.*
FOOD DONATION NEEDS
Canned Meat
Canned Fish
Canned Vegetables
Canned Beans
Canned Soups/Stews
Canned Fruits
Fruit Cups
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Ramen Noodles
Mac and Cheese
Chef Boyardee
Pastas/Pasta Sauces
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Instant Potatoes
Rice
Grits
Oats
Cereal
Crackers
Peanut Butter
Velveeta Cheese
Juice Boxes
Powdered Milk Boxes
NEED FOOD ASSISTANCE?
If you would like to obtain a prepared food box, please complete this form by Friday at noon. Food boxes will be available for pick-up from the front office of Riverside High School on Wednesdays of each week. Delivery options are available.
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*Assistance will remain anonymous outside of a small number of program managers.
Your support of this program is greatly appreciated!
There are currently 570 Pupils in Poverty at Riverside High, and some of these students fall into the category of the over 2200 homeless students in Greenville County. With the loss of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, they and their families are often navigating how to secure their next meal. The homeless also struggle with where they will sleep and where to store their belongings. For many of us, these are simple things we take for granted. But for these families, having to focus on these daily uncertainties can create significant trauma—leading to lower grades on average, difficulty affording necessary school items and subject-related costs, and poorer mental health causing depression, loneliness, and in some cases, withdrawal in the students. Help us get food back on the tables of our Riverside students.
