{"id":211317,"date":"2012-09-06T15:47:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T20:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=211317"},"modified":"2012-09-07T15:40:34","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T20:40:34","slug":"pantry-raid-looking-to-break-1-million-pounds-collected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=211317","title":{"rendered":"Pantry Raid Looking to Break 1 Million Pounds Collected"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>TYLER \u2013 The 22nd annual Pantry Raid competition between Robert E. Lee and John Tyler High School students has kicked off. The students at both high schools have a friendly competition to help feed hungry East Texans. The food and funds the students collect will benefit hungry East Texans through the East Texas Food Bank\u2019s partner agencies. The school that collects the most amount of food will earn bragging rights and proudly display the traveling trophy at their school for the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are extremely excited about pantry raid this year,\u201d said Kendall Bullock, Robert E. Lee Pantry Raid Chair. \u201cWe are especially looking forward to helping out our community, and it\u2019s such a great feeling to see such a large amount of people unite and rally for a local cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe as a student body find it essential in giving back to our community and helping those that are less fortunate. Therefore, we are contributing all of our effort and attention to this particular community service project. Every year, we participate and every year our hearts overflow with joy by the simple fact of knowing that we\u2019re making a difference in our own community,\u201d said CeRon Ford, John Tyler Student Council President. \u201cWe look forward to a mouth dropping result. Go Lions!\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the last 21 years, the students have collected over 965,000 pounds of food combined. This year, the East Texas Food Bank is expecting the students to break 1 Million pounds of food collected through the event. \u201cThe Pantry Raid has grown to become one of our largest food and fund raising drives of the year,\u201d said Dennis Cullinane, executive director of the East Texas Food Bank. \u201cThis event is helping to create a legacy of giving in our young citizens. We are truly grateful to the students for their incredible energy in producing these impressive food and cash contributions over the years towards the fight against hunger in our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Donations of non-perishable canned food items will be accepted at both high schools through Friday, September 14th. You can also support either school by going to http:\/\/www.EastTexasFoodBank.org\/PantryRaid<\/a> to make a financial donation online. The Pantry Raid results will be announced at the Robert E. Lee and John Tyler football game on Friday, September 14th. Also, September is national Hunger Action Month. Go to http:\/\/www.EastTexasFoodBank.org<\/a> to find out other ways you can take action against hunger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TYLER \u2013 The 22nd annual Pantry Raid competition between Robert E. Lee and John Tyler High School students has kicked off. The students at both high schools have a friendly competition to help feed hungry East Texans. The food and funds the students collect will benefit hungry East Texans through the East Texas Food Bank\u2019s … Continue reading Pantry Raid Looking to Break 1 Million Pounds Collected<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-03 15:17:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=211317"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211550,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211317\/revisions\/211550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=211317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=211317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=211317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}