School Board Roll of Honor Recognizes Holiday Giving Around the District

The Sumner School District Roll of Honor recognizes accomplishments, achievements, awards and other notable activities of and by students, staff and educators.  At regularly scheduled meetings of the School Board, President Richard Hendricks presents the Roll of Honor.  At the January meeting,  the Sumner School District Board of Directors acknowledged holiday giving around the District.

Hendricks noted, “While requests for support and assistance in our community are still increasing, the spirit of generosity continues throughout our schools.  Students, staff and families throughout the Sumner School District contributed to local food banks, senior centers and the Sumner Family Center to help assist neighbors in need during this holiday season, providing holiday baskets, gifts and clothing to numerous children and families.”

Sumner Family Center coordinated with schools throughout the District, other community organizations and businesses to fulfill the holiday wish lists of over 1,321 kids.

Bonney Lake Elementary donated 1,883 food items to the Bonney Lake Food Bank for their annual food drive.

Bonney Lake High School collected $4000 in donations and gifts and granted Winter Wishes to over 500 students.  14,784 items were contributed to the annual High School Food Bowl and donated Bonney Lake Food Bank.

Crestwood Elementary donated 1,700 food items to the Bonney Lake Food Bank and 15 families were given boxes of gifts.

Daffodil Valley Elementary along with local businesses donated holiday baskets to 70 Daffodil families and clothes, shoes, coats and gifts to over 64 Daffodil families.

Donald Eismann Elementary donated over 2,100 cans of food  to the Bonney Lake Food Bank.

Emerald Hills Elementary donated 1,085 pounds of food to the Bonney Lake Food Bank and gave holiday baskets to 57 Emerald Hills children.

Liberty Ridge Elementary along with local businesses, staff donated food, gifts, provided holiday dinners and other items to 180 Liberty Ridge students and 70 families.

Lakeridge Middle School donated 1,263 pounds of food to the Bonney Lake Food Bank helped 17 families with holiday items and donated $640 towards propane for a family.

Maple Lawn  Elementary donated  over 3,700 items to the Emmanuel Food Pantry at St. Andrew’s which fed over 300 families.

Mountain View Middle School donated over 3,100 food items to the Bonney Lake Food Bank and provided 45 families with meal baskets and helped provide gifts for over 40 students and their families.

Sumner High  School donated 25,800 items to Sumner Food Bank as part of their annual High School Food Bowl. Students served over 760 at the annual Community Dinner and hundreds of toys were given out to children by Santa.
Sumner Middle School donated 100 turkeys for their annual Great Turkey Giveaway holiday baskets to 35 families and gave over 4,800 food items to the Sumner Food Bank.

Victor Falls Elementary and the PTO donated  clothing, gifts a holiday meal for 34 kids and PTO donated  and over 700 pounds of food to the Bonney Lake Food Bank.

Central Office donated coats and food to the Sumner and Bonney Lake food banks.

Superintendent Craig Spencer thanked the community and the many business that supported holiday giving programs.

“During the holiday season, our schools and departments hold food and toy drives, making every effort to support families in need throughout the community. Their efforts not only benefit students, but help to support other community organizations like food banks, shelters and transitional housing.”

“I want to extend a special thank you to the many businesses, churches and individuals who support our student- and parent organization-sponsored activities including the Holiday Dinner, Winter Wishes and all of the food baskets and gifts that are sent home.”

“We genuinely appreciate having partners in the community who value and support our students! Strong communities support their school districts in many ways—in the Sumner School District, we can count on the community to support and reinforce the good things that staff and students are doing.”

Editor's Note: This is a press release from the Sumner School District