METUCHEN — For more than 40 years, the Saint Joseph High School community has provided Thanksgiving food baskets for thousands in need throughout New Jersey as a part of its annual Thanksgiving Food Drive.
This year’s food drive raised more than $20,000, surpassing this year’s goal of $15,000, to purchase Thanksgiving baskets and turkeys for more than 500 families.
Throughout October and November, members of Campus Ministry and Student Council asked their peers to sacrifice for those people in great need.
“Here at Saint Joseph High School, we strive daily to put the divine precept of sacrifice into action in our everyday lives. We gave generously of our livelihood, as with our Thanksgiving Food Drive collection, through which we were able to raise over $20,000 in order to provide over 500 lowincome families with a Thanksgiving meal that they would not otherwise have been able to enjoy,” said senior Mark McGuire.
Principal Justin Fleetwood added, “The overwhelming success of this year’s food drive was a true testament to the entire community’s, particularly the students’, desire to become servant leaders and follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ. The outpouring of support for this collection for families that our students have never met truly is a remarkable achievement and testament to what it means to be a ‘Saint Joseph Man.’”