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Hunger is less prevalent in our community thanks to the Kendall County Community Food Pantry (KCCFP) providing thousands of food and household items to families every month. Since the first Food Drive, which was held in 2014, Oswego Community Unit School District 308 and Allied First Bank continue to help keep the KCCFP and the Oswego Satellite Location well stocked!

With the Kendall County Community Food Pantry’s bulk buying power every $1 contributed to the KCCFP purchases $8 in groceries. A $10 donation feeds someone for a week! A $10 donation is equivalent to 80 food items in the Food Drive Competition.

COMPETITION INFORMATION

All schools in the district will participate in the district’s Annual Food Drive Competition. This is a yearly, friendly competition between schools, with the school collecting the most combined total of actual items and "equivalent" items (through monetary donations), being awarded with the coveted Grand Championship trophy and "bragging" rights. Also recognized are the Elementary, Junior High and High Schools with the highest collection totals per student.

All PayPal donations as well as in-person cash/check donations will be counted as $1 = 8 items towards the competition count (checks made payable to KCCFP).

ALL donations made online through the KCCFP Donation Portal will be designated for a specific school.

LEVEL UP AWARD

Schools who go above and beyond by out-performing their previous year's collection totals will be recognized with a "LEVEL UP" Award. This is in recognition of them setting their collection goal high and achieving it.

DONATE ALL YEAR LONG TO THE KENDALL COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY

In the US the average cost of food per person is 11.05/day, 77.35/week, 342.50/month. Dollar signs and blue/yellow background

Every $1 Donated = $8 in Groceries with a single dollar bill and stack of eight dollar bills.

Every $10 donated = 80 grocery items. Images of eight dollar bills stacked and 80 cans of food.

Year-by-Year Donations

2024

Information Coming Soon

2019-2023

2023 FOOD DRIVE INFORMATION
Items Collected: 266,839
Winners
Oswego East High School
Traughber Junior High School
GRAND CHAMPION:
Southbury Elementary
LEVEL UP AWARD:
Long Beach Elementary
Southbury Elementary
Traughber Junior High School
Bednarcik Junior High School

2022 FOOD DRIVE INFORMATION
Items Collected: 413,137
Winners
Oswego East High School with 22 items per student
Bednarcik Junior High School with 29 items per student
GRAND CHAMPION:
Churchill Elementary with an incredible 107 items per student
*SD 308 has now donated a total of 1,739,809 "items" to the KCCFP since starting the food drive!

2021 FOOD DRIVE INFORMATION
Items Collected: 385,141 Combined items and "cash equivalent items!"
Winners
Oswego East High School
Traughber Junior High School
GRAND CHAMPION:
Churchill Elementary School
*SD 308 has now donated a total of 1,187,520 "items" to the KCCFP since starting the food drive!

2020 FOOD DRIVE INFORMATION
Items Collected: 139,152 Combined items and "equivalent items/during COVID-19!
Winners
Oswego High School
Plank Junior High School
Churchill Elementary School
*Over the last 7 years, cumulative total of "items" collected: 953,259

2019 FOOD DRIVE INFORMATION
Items Collected: 286,611 Combined items and "equivalent" items delivered!