Riverside High School
Parent Teacher Student Association
BATTLE OF THE BINS
November 9 - December 2
for our GCS Families Seeking Food Assistance
Presented by Riverside High School
Riverside's Red Cross Club and PTSA are partnering with Greenville County Schools Social Workers to help ease food anxiety for struggling GCS students and their families. Last year's Battle of the Bins food collection drive resulted in the delivery of 100 bags of over 1400 pounds of food to our GCS families seeking food assistance. We hope to meet or exceed that amount again this year as we distribute food bags anonymously to our GCS students in need.
The collection drive will begin on November 9 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 bags will be packed after school on Wednesday, December 9. Bags may be picked up from RHS Guidance on December 10 or 11. All remaining bags will be delivered to needy families by GCS Social Workers.
FOOD DONATION NEEDS
Canned Meat
Canned Fish
Canned Vegetables
Canned Beans
Canned Soups/Stews
Canned Fruits
Fruit Cups
Ramen Noodles
Mac and Cheese
Chef Boyardee
Pastas/Pasta Sauces
Instant Potatoes
Rice
Grits
Oats
Cereal
Crackers
Peanut Butter
Velveeta Cheese
Juice Boxes
Powdered Milk Boxes
DONATE BY:
DECEMBER 2nd
*No GCS SchoolCash Online account required, you can check out as a guest. Fees apply.*
NEED FOOD ASSISTANCE?
If you would like to obtain a prepared food bag for Winter Break, please complete this form by December 2nd at Noon. Food bags will be available for pick-up from the Guidance Office of Riverside High School on December 10th and 11th. Delivery options are available.
*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. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits aren't always enough. These students and their families are often navigating how to secure their next meal, especially during Winter Break when students do not have access to school provided meals. 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 Greenville County students.
