Residents in various local neighbourhoods will have an easy opportunity to support the food bank this Halloween night.
Students in Christine Curry's Grade 6-7 French immersion class at 100 Mile Elementary School are among many local students who will carry boxes collecting donations of non-perishable goods on the evening of Oct. 31.
As part of the national Halloween for Hunger food drive, all food students collect locally will be donated to the 100 Mile food bank.
"We want to do something locally because we have talked a lot about how we have a lot of need here," Curry says.
Grade 6 student Lydia Kinasewich explains why she thinks food donations are needed in the community.
"It's important because people are sometimes too ashamed to admit there are problems here, and we need to recognize those problems and help give food to those people.
"It's important to make sure they have enough food, because when we went [to the food bank], they said Christmas is often the best time. So, if we raise enough food by then, it could help people."
Kean Kellermeier, Grade 7, says the area has a hunger situation.
"Kids need food for health, they need sugar and jam and everything for all the food, and the food bank helps a lot. They pack it all in boxes and give it all to the kids who don't have much food.
Curry and her students will also be collecting donations for the food bank at Save-On-Foods on Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
While the students will not collect any money on Oct. 31, both non-perishables and cash donations will be accepted at the store, she explains.
"They absolutely need a cash flow for shipping costs and those sorts of things."
All local donations stay in the 100 Mile House area.