MBE 3rd-graders lead food service project

In January, the MBE third-grade students led a food donation drive to collect items for the UAB Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Hospital Food Pantry. The hospital is in great need of high-protein and single-serve items. The food pantry is available to families in need who stay with their infants in the hospital. 

MBE students partnered with Cassidy Jacks, who is Miss Iron City, and her organization  Feed a Soul, Fill a Heart. Jacks came and talked to the third-grade students about her commitment to fight the hunger epidemic in Birmingham and around the country. She has spent the past several years developing the service initiative and coordinates her efforts with established, local partnerships. 

The students were thrilled to organize and lead the service project, and were inspired by Jacks’ work. 

– Submitted by Shaun Flynn.