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High School helps out with Souper Bowl
during Super Bowl week |
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February 2, 2015 |
by Katie Colson
All the enthusiasm and excitement around the
Super Bowl inspired a meaningful community event
at BFHS last week.
The NFL Super Bowl is an annual event we all
have come to know and love. For some it is the
commercials, for others the sport, and for many
it is the Halftime show. However the Super Bowl
is enjoyed, lots of money and energy are poured
into it. At the Bonners Ferry High School, Super
Bowl now has a new meaning: giving.
In the week running up to the Super Bowl, the
Leadership Class at the high school started a
food drive called the Souper Bowl of Caring.
This is a national organization created by a
youth leader in 1990 to capitalize on the energy
surrounding the Super Bowl to give back to those
in need in local communities. The organization
has grown from that one group, and since then
over 100 million dollars has been given to
communities in need.
The Leadership Class sent representatives to
other classes to introduce this new food drive,
and to open students’ eyes to startling facts
about hunger and poverty in our country. They
had students take a questionnaire last
Wednesday. On Thursday, they did a demonstration
with M&M’s®. Three people received plenty of
M&M’s®, the rest of the class had four or fewer.
The purpose of these demonstrations was to show
the students the hardship that is happening all
around them, and to encourage them to
participate in the food drive that concludes
today, on Monday. Students were asked to donate
cans of food, or dollar bills to help their
community.
The questionnaire revealed many shocking facts.
According to this questionnaire, the United
States has the highest wage inequality of any
other industrialized nation. Seventeen percent
of U.S. children live in food insecure
households. Many clients of America’s Second
Harvest (a nationwide network of food banks)
often have to choose between food and other
basic necessities. Thirty-five million people
live in food insecure households. Ten percent of
America’s Second Harvest are elderly.
Thirty-seven percent of adults requesting
emergency assistance are employed. Forty-five
percent of U.S. cities cannot provide adequate
food to those in need. It cost 3 million dollars
to buy a 30-second commercial during the Super
Bowl. Meanwhile, 854 million people are going
hungry across the globe, even though the world
produces 12% more food than the population could
consume.
These facts revealed the hardship that so many
Americans face on a daily basis. It showed that
everyone can make a difference and help out
those in need. By pulling together, we are able
to make life better for everyone and give them
their best chance.
With this information in mind, BFHS students
donated and raised food and cash last week to
help those in need, as part of the BFHS Souper
Bowl, held during Super Bowl week. |
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