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December 12, 2022

Canned Food Drive Concludes: Distributing Care for our Community

On Saturday, M-A volunteers came together early in the morning to package and distribute 335,000 pounds of food to local families at Ecumenical Hunger in East Palo Alto. Distribution Day…

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November 6, 2022

Canned Food Drive Kicks Off With High Hopes

Photographed by Ishy Mishra It’s that time of year again: the M-A Canned Food Drive (CFD)! Every year, Leadership students set a schoolwide goal and grades compete to collect the…

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December 15, 2021

Distribution Day Celebrates M-A Students’ Hard Work and the most Successful Canned Food Drive Yet

On Saturday, December 11th, bags and boxes covered the grounds of Ecumenical Hunger in East Palo Alto for as far as the eye could see. The 2021 M-A Canned Food…

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November 18, 2020

The Canned Food Drive Looks a Little Different this Year

This year marks the 22nd annual Menlo-Atherton Canned Food Drive, a tradition started by Coach Ben Parks. Since then, M-A’s award winning Canned Food Drive has grown to be the…

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September 2, 2020

2019-2020 Canned Food Drive Wins Distinguished Awards

Menlo-Atherton’s canned food drive, organized by Leadership, has made headlines in the past, and the 2019-2020 drive is no exception. M-A won the Blue Diamond and Community Champion Awards from…

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December 15, 2019

Canned Food Drive Concludes at Distribution Day

Photo credit: Alana Hartsell As the 2019 Canned Food Drive comes to a close, M-A students woke up early Saturday morning to volunteer at Distribution Day, where canned food and…

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December 10, 2018

Opinion: A Message to the Canned Food Drive Haters

Every November marks the start of a new M-A canned food drive. As with any large event, it never comes without controversy. Some believe that charitable acts should not be…

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December 5, 2018

A New Caliber of Canning

As M-A’s Canned Food Drive comes to a close, many a student will head home happy, knowing that they have helped, even if in a small way, combat hunger in…

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December 5, 2018

Leadership Kicks off the Last Week of the Canned Food Drive with the Can Jam

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November 30, 2017

Opinion: It’s time to rethink the canned food drive

As M-A's famed annual canned food drive races into the final stretch, our campus is once again flooded with canning paraphernalia. “Help us meet our goal!” reads the enormous banner…

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