Students donate 5K Pounds of Food for Nonprofit

Each year, the Mount Vernon Presbyterian School community and its partner, Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church, hold its Share the Well Food Drive to benefit the Community Assistance Center located in Sandy Springs.

And like many organizations, the partners held their annual drive around Thanksgiving. But all of that changed after a challenge was presented to the students.

“Our students conducted a design thinking challenge focused on homelessness. They learned the leanest time of the year for many people in need is in the spring and summer. So last year, we made the decision to officially hold our food drive each year in April,” Allison Toller, chief of brand strategy and partnerships, said. This year’s Share the Well drive was held for two weeks leading into Easter.