In conjunction with the Brownwood Reunion Hands on a House Competition held this past weekend, participants and sponsors raised 10,979 canned goods in their annual food drive with help from local schools.

Local elementary and middle schools participated in this food drive for the third year for the Hands on a House competition, bringing in a total of 6,147 cans during the event.  The top school in this challenge was Northwest Elementary School, collecting 2,171 cans.

The food raised in the drive benefits Good Samaritan Ministries and St. John’s Food Bank each year.

Totals from individual schools in the Kick-Start Food Drive were as follows:

1st Place:  Northwest Elementary  2,171 cans
Mrs. Kirwan’s 3rd grade class was the top class of their school collecting 195

2nd Place:  East Elementary 1,194 cans
Mrs. Nigrete’s Kindergarten class was the top class of their school collecting 158

3rd Place:  Woodland Heights Elementary 1,160 cans
Ms. Asebedo’s 1st grade class  was the top class of their school collecting 236

4th Place:  Coggin Elementary 550 cans
Ms. Kelley’s 4th grade class was the top class of their school collecting 167

5th Place:  Early Elementary 479 cans 
Ms. Hutchins 3rd grade class had 98

6th Place:  Brownwood Middle School 370 cans
Ms. Talley’s class was the top class of their school collecting 152

7th Place:  Early Primary School  163 cans
Ms. Stockman’s 2nd grade class was the top class of their school collecting 52

8th Place:  Early Middle School 60 cans 
Davis’ class was the top class of their school collecting 19

Each of the top classes listed above will receive a pizza party which will be scheduled in the next few weeks and hosted by Coldwell Banker and the event sponsors.

During the event, Key Club members from Brownwood and Early High Schools assisted in counting cans and loading them into trailers (the use of the trailers was donated by Early Trailer Sales) for storage during the contest and delivery after the food drives were completed.  Food items were divided equally between the two charities.

Coldwell Banker, Mark Campbell & Associates along with their sponsors for the event, (TexasBank Mortgage, Landmark Life Insurance Company, Ingram Concrete LLC, and Johnny Cantwell – Contractor) began the food drive with an intercompany challenge.  These companies raised 466 cans during the event and the top donor was Landmark Life Insurance.

Officials at Coldwell Banker state, “We want to offer a big thanks to the community for all of the wonderful support for this year’s Hands-on-a-House Food Drive for Good Samaritan Ministries and St. John’s Food Bank.  You all did good.”

Pictured at top: East Elementary collected 34 boxes of canned goods and food for the recent Hands on a House competition during the 2013 Brownwood Reunion Celebration. (Back row, left to right)  Nanda Wilbourn, Ray Garza, Brad Wells and Liz Brown (Front row, left to right) East Elementary students, Ashley Rios, Chloe Adamez, Shyli Winstead and Travis Miller.

Pictured below is the inside of one of the trailers delivering part of the canned goods from the Hands on a House competition.