On Saturday, November 14th, 2015, over 550 student volunteers from North Gwinnett High School flooded into the school gym to package over 100,000 meals in two hours. Partnered with the nonprofit Feed My Starving Children, the school kicked off this years holiday season by sending enough meals for a year for 302 children to impoverished areas throughout 70 countries.
The familiar tunes of Taylor Swift and Walk the Moon played in the background as the high school students’ scooped ingredients into bags alongside their friends. “We just have a rockin’ group of kids,” North Assistant Principal Kristen Baker said. “But honestly, I think they are here because they know it’s important, they get it.”
North Gwinnett High School senior, Jordon Thomason, organized the logistics and planning for the event as part of the North Gwinnett High School Leadership Team. “I think today we’re truly making a difference,” Thomason said. “We talk a lot about things we can do and leadership we can develop at this school. But this is something where we kind of learn about it, and it’s action service.”
