OVERFLOWING GENEROSITY CANYON STUDENTS SUSTAIN FOOD DRIVE.Byline: Sharon Cotal Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY - Yuleth Martinez, a campus supervisor at Canyon High School Canyon High School can refer to:
This month the students she often talks with or simply stops to hug came through with 4,000 cans of food and other nonperishables for the food pantry that Martinez and her husband, Edward, run from their Val Verde Val Verde may mean:
The campus Key Club selected Overflowing o·ver·flow v. o·ver·flowed, o·ver·flow·ing, o·ver·flows v.intr. 1. To flow or run over the top, brim, or banks. 2. To be filled beyond capacity, as a container or waterway. 3. Blessing Ministries, founded last summer by the Martinezes, as one of the recipients of its holiday food drive. Martinez looked on with amazement as students loaded boxes and bags full of food into her blue Chevy van, her only concern being that there might not be enough room to pack everything inside. ``When they told me how much food they had, and that they wanted to give it to us, I just started crying,'' Martinez said. ``It was overwhelming. I was just praising God for laying it on their hearts to donate it to us.'' The food drive, initiated by Key Club member and Canyon High senior Mary Schmidl, was intended to last only through Thanksgiving Thanksgiving annual U.S. holiday celebrating harvest and yearly blessings; originated with Pilgrims (1621). [Am. Culture: EB, IX: 922] See : America Thanksgiving national holiday with luxurious dinner as chief ritual. [Am. Pop. , but after about 4,000 items were donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. to the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Food Pantry in November, the donations from students kept pouring in. ``I thought that after the first donations, people would get tired of it, but that was just the beginning. I'm really proud of the other students and how much they gave,'' Schmidl said. More than 8,000 food items were collected by the Key Club, an international service organization, during the drive. Key Club adviser Shallu shallu: see sorghum. Makan attributes the drive's success to recent world events and the giving spirit of Canyon students. ``The things that have happened lately have changed everyone's attitude and everyone has just been more giving,'' Makan said. ``These are a good group of kids who just want to be part of the community and give something back.'' Thanks to the students' contributions, the garage that houses Overflowing Blessing Ministries will be, well, overflowing with food for the needy need·y adj. need·i·er, need·i·est 1. Being in need; impoverished. See Synonyms at poor. 2. Wanting or needing affection, attention, or reassurance, especially to an excessive degree. during the holidays. ``To think that all these people are going to have food now just makes me feel so good,'' Schmidl said. ``I'm happy that we've helped people in the valley have a good Christmas and something to eat.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Canyon High students Humaira Asmatey, left, and Mary Schmidl load food for delivery to the Overflowing Blessings Ministry. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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