The Pace High School community continued its almost 30-year tradition of collecting food for its annual Tons of Love food drive, with the final tally equaling over a ton and a half of food. Pace students, parents, teachers, staff, alumni, and friends donated non-perishable and canned food items to benefit the needy in South Florida and Haiti. This aid to Haiti is in addition to the $19,000 raised by the Pace community thus far for the recovery efforts of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti.
On November 18, the last day of school before Thanksgiving break, the Pace student body celebrated its annual Thanksgiving/Tons of Love Mass. Following the mass, the Pace community and student organizations were recognized for their service and aid done to benefit local organizations and Pace’s sister parishes and schools in Haiti. The sophomore Class of 2019 also won the coveted Tons of Love trophy for being the class who donated the most food.
The food donated goes out to ministries, pantries, and food banks across South Florida and half a ton of food already having been donated to Haiti.