MILTON, Ga. — The cafeteria at Crabapple Crossing Elementary School overflowed with 130 students Nov. 12, filling boxes and tote bags with donated food.
Over the past four years, the elementary school has partnered with STAR House Foundation for the two-week Raise Craze fundraiser that provides underprivileged kids with meals over Thanksgiving break.
“These families are having any number of struggles, be it food insecurity or childcare or a sustainable house,” Foundation Executive Director Stephanie Christiansen Butler said. “It really puts another layer on…because it really is a lot of the time that kid is home by themselves.”
STAR House Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides after-school tutoring and mentoring to children throughout North Fulton County. Currently, there are STAR House programs at Esther Jackson, Mimosa and Vickery Mill elementary schools.
Students grabbed a list, and parents helped fill bags with ramen, canned vegetables, granola bars and other non-perishable items donated by families at Crabapple Crossing. More than 70 meal bags were packed for students in the STAR House program at Esther Jackson Elementary School to take home for Thanksgiving break. Volunteers filled an additional 20 meal boxes for families at Crabapple Crossing, Northwestern Middle School and Milton High School…