OLCHS Collected 55 Meal Baskets

Oak Lawn Community High School students and staff collected 55 full meal baskets for the annual Student Council Thanksgiving Food Drive.  Each meal basket included numerous items such as canned fruits and vegetables, cornbread mix, juice, and a $20 grocery store gift certificate.  The baskets were donated to food pantries at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oak Lawn and Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Burbank. 

Five or more baskets were collected by the following teachers or departmental offices: the Deans’ Office, Mr. Brett Habas, Mrs. Jennifer Jepsen, and Mrs. Jodi Newton.  Student Council will host an after school pizza party for these students and staff members for extraordinary generosity.

For the first time ever, there was a tie for the winner!  The prestigious Turkey Chalice, an engraved vase that is showcased in the teacher’s classroom until the next food drive, will be shared by Mrs. Tracy Hochstadt’s English Advanced Placement and Mr. Tim Sidlow’s English III Honors classes for each donating 11 full meal baskets.