This year, these 4 school districts have come together to complete some regional projects that will benefit Brown and Highland Counties. We are all part of the Big GIVE, Greater Instruction through Volunteer Efforts. Our first joint project was a food drive challenge. How many items can we collect to help needy families in our area? Together, the four schools collected over 17,000 items! Ripley School District donated over 7000 items to the Aberdeen Baptist and Ripley First Presbyterian Churches food pantries. Eastern School District donated over 6500 items to the Decatur and Agape food pantries and Helping Hands in Georgetown. Georgetown School District also donated over 3500 items. Students were involved with this project from start to finish; they planned the dates, set goals, communicated with students, sorted, collected, etc.

Students from these four Learn and Serve school districts will also be going to Helping Hands in Georgetown, OH will help sort and package items that are used to help Brown County residents that are in need of assistance. Our students are learning how we can come together to make and difference and help others in our community and our world.