District 140 Annual Food Drive Challenge Runs January 26 - 30

It's game on for a great cause! D140 middle schools are competing to see which school can bring in the most non-perishable food items for the Tinley Park Food Pantry. Students are encouraged to donate between January 26 and 30.

All students who donate food earn ​one raffle ticket per item. If your food donations match the following ​themed days, you will receive 2 raffle tickets per item! Those raffle tickets earn you the chance to win gift cards!

Students in sixth and eighth grade should drop off their donations to their first-period teachers. Seventh-grade students should drop off their donations to their second-period teachers.

Food Drive Challenge Theme Days:

• Monday, January 26 - Macaroni Monday
  Any pasta-based food, pasta sauce, pasta-roni, etc.
• Tuesday, January 27 - Tin Can Tuesday
  Any type of food in a can (canned vegetables, soup, gravy, etc.)
• Wednesday, January 28 - Waffle Wednesday
  Any non-perishable breakfast food: pancake mix, syrup, cereal, canned fruit, etc.
• Thursday, January 29 - Soup-Tastic Thursday
  Cans of soup
• Friday, January 30 - Fun Fruit Friday
  Any type of canned fruit, fruit snacks, fruit-flavored foods, etc.