Published November 26, 2008, 12:00 AM
Food drive seeks to fill the Fargodome
Students in the Fargo area have filled the Fargodome with about 67 tons of food — enough to fill four semitrailer loads. It’s the area’s largest youth-led food drive. Last year, the students gathered more than 40 tons of food. They topped their goal of 50 tons this year and also raised more than $57,000 in cash.
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Joe Burgum, a sophomore at Oak Grove Lutheran School, in Fargo, thanks the students and the public that were involved in collecting items for the Fill the Dome food drive Monday on the Fargodome floor in Fargo.
FARGO (AP) — Students in the Fargo area have filled the Fargodome with about 67 tons of food — enough to fill four semitrailer loads.
It’s the area’s largest youth-led food drive. Last year, the students gathered more than 40 tons of food. They topped their goal of 50 tons this year and also raised more than $57,000 in cash.
The school that raises the most food and money for the drive gets a $1,000 cash prize to donate to a charity of its choice.
Fargo Oak Grove sophomore Joe Burgum, one of the organizers of the drive, said student participation comes from second graders all the way to college age.
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