Orcas Island Elementary School students deliver to food bank

Orcas Island Elementary School students delivered the accumulation of a two-week food drive to the Orcas Island Food Bank on Monday, Dec. 14.

Orcas Island Elementary School students delivered the accumulation of a two-week food drive to the Orcas Island Food Bank on Monday, Dec. 14.

The weather was cold, but dry, as all of the elementary students carried handfuls, bags, boxes and pulled wagons down from the school to the open doors of the food bank early Monday afternoon.

The students wound their way through the side entrance of the bank distributing their goods across multiple empty tables. Once the tables were full they began to set full paper bags down and fill boxes on the floor. The volunteers at the food bank had wide eyes and large smiles as the children deposited cans, boxes and bags of food throughout the building.

The donated foods were weighed mid-week and the total weight was 748 pounds.