Students and teachers from Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s Mission Club helped change lives this Thanksgiving season by volunteering at the Feeding South Florida food bank on November 17.
Ten Pace students and Pace religion teachers Dr. David Masters and Nelson Bonet sorted 7,498 pounds of food at Feeding South Florida’s food bank in Pembroke Park. The nearly four tons of food will be used to create 6,248 meals to feed families in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties in the coming weeks.
Arelis Ferro, a Pace alumna from the Class of 1997 and Feeding South Florida’s Special Events coordinator, invited the club and their moderators to volunteer. The Mission Club acted as one of the main contributors for Pace’s annual Tons of Love food drive, which concluded on November 20 with over a ton and a half of food donated.
“These students have shown their devotion not only by attending this field trip, but also by sorting an additional 3,300 pounds of food at Pace,” said Bonet, one of the club’s moderators. “They are always willing to be of service.”
The club collects clothes to donate year round and continues to collect food even after Tons of Love. Bonet says that in December, the club will be adopting a family for Christmas by collecting gifts for them, followed by a visit to take them out to lunch.