Union Cross Elementary Helping Others through Food Drive and Penny War

At Union Cross Elementary School, students and staff are well under way with working to help others during the holidays.

In conjunction with the school’s annual Harvest Lunch last week, students brought in canned food and other nonperishable food items. At the Harvest Lunch, students dress up and staff members serve them lunch.  

Plus, the school’s recent Penny War for the United Way raised almost $3,700 in change.

“The kids got really excited about it,” said David Bennett, the school’s assistant principal. “They had a lot of fun. I saw a lot of class bonding.”

The food drive and Penny War gave everyone the opportunity to talk about the importance of helping others, Bennett said. “We are very fortunate here at Union Cross. We want to give back to our community.”

The State Employees Credit Union on NC 66 in Kernersville let Bennett use its coin sorting machine, and, over the course of the war, Bennett made four trips there to count up all the contributions and have them converted into a check.

Next week, some of the fifth-graders will play members of the faculty in battle ball, a game similar to dodge ball, for Penny War prizes.