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UCS Students support more than 170 charity drives during season

 

Morgan students with food

The Morgan Elementary kindness club collected 3,705 food items for their annual drive. 

 

Utica Community Schools students are continuing a long tradition of giving back this season.

More than 170 drives have been scheduled throughout the district:

Beacon Tree Elementary

  • Shelby Lions Food Drive
  • Shelby Lions Hat and Mitten Tree
  • Maddie’s Toy Drive

Beck Elementary

  • Macomb Foster Care Kids Giving and Mitten Tree
  • U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots
  • Kiwanis Food Drive

Browning Elementary

  • Kiwanis Food Drive
  • U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots
  • Hat and Mitten Tree
  • St Vincent de Paul donation of gentle used clothes
  • Adopt a Family

Burr Elementary

  • Leukemia Foundation
  • Community Christian Church Food Bank Food Drive
  • U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots
  • Turning Point Hat and Mitten Tree
  • Giving Tree

Collins Elementary

  • Kiwanis Food Drive
  • Adopt a Family
  • March of Dimes – Relay for Life

Crissman Elementary

  • U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots
  • Shelby Lions Food Drive
  • Assisting Local Families in Need
  • Adopt a Family
  • Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation

DeKeyser Elementary

  • Adopt a Family
  • Kiwanis Food Drive
  • Manna Community Meal

Dresden Elementary

  • Ronald McDonald House
  • Hat and Mitten Drive
  • Support for Disabled Veterans
  • Adopt a Family
  • World Wildlife Adopt an Animal
  • Canned Food Drive

Duncan Elementary

  • Giving Tree: Adopt a Family 
  • Canned Food Drive for Kiwanis 
  • Candy Collections for Local Charities

Ebeling Elementary

  • Kiwanis Food Drive
  • Macomb Optimist Club Hat and Mitten Drive
  • Toys for Tots

Flickinger Elementary

  • Hat and Mitten Drive
  • Adopt a Family
  • Toy Drive for Wreck it Like Beckett

Graebner Elementary

  • Kiwanis Food Drive
  • Giving Tree
  • U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots

Harvey Elementary

  • Kiwanis Food Drive
  • Giving Tree

Havel Elementary

  • Adopt a Family
  • Canned Food Drive
  • Make a Wish Michigan
  • U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots

Messmore Elementary

  • Kiwanis Food Drive
  • Adopt A Family
  • Giving Tree for Turning Point

Monfort Elementary

  • Operation Gratitude
  • U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots
  • Macomb Food Warehouse
  • Jeans for Troops
  • Friends of Foster Kids
  • Adopt a Family

Morgan Elementary

  • U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots
  • Helping Hand Food Drive
  • Hat and Mitten Tree

Oakbrook Elementary

  • Kiwanis Food Drive
  • Staff Holiday Family Support
  • Good Samaritan Giving Group Family Support

Plumbrook Elementary

  • Kiwanis Food Drive
  • Plumbrook Mitten and Hat Tree 
  • Gratitude Campaign (Make-A-Wish Foundation)
  • Letters to Santa (Make-A-Wish Foundation)
  • Scholastic Coin War for Books
  • U.S. Marines Toys for Tots

Roberts Elementary

  • Kiwanis Food Drive
  • Candy collection for troops
  • Valentines for Seniors

Schuchard Elementary

  • Kiwanis Food Drive
  • Disabled American Veterans
  • US Marine Corp Toys for Tots

Schwarzkoff Elementary

  • Kiwanis Food Drive
  • Hat and Mitten Tree
  • Giving Tree

Switzer Elementary

  • Serve Local- Food Drive
  • U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots
  • House of Hope
  • Adopt a Family

West Utica Elementary

  • Salvation Army
  • Shelby - Utica Lions Food Drive
  • Mr. Clean Project
  • Kiwanis Purse Collection for Turning Point
  • Toy Collection for Rainbow Connection
  • Bingo with Seniors at Shelby Villas

Wiley Elementary

  • Coat Drive
  • Hat and Glove Drive
  • U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots
  • Utica Lions Food Drive
  • Thanksgiving dinners for needy families
  • Wiley Families Christmas
  • Adopt a Family

Bemis Junior High

  • Kiwanis Food Drive
  • U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots
  • Children’s Hospital Patient Blankets
  • Bemis AVID program is “adopting” STFD Station House Number 2 to support our first responders.
  • Lioness Club donations for homeless

Davis Junior High

  • Staff Giving Tree for Local Families
  • Kiwanis Food Drive
  • Turning Point Gift Tree
  • Socktober--sponsored by AVID--items donated to MCREST
  • Hamlin Holiday Adopt a Family
  • Student Council Food Drive
  • Macy’s Believe Campaign – Make A Wish
  • Hat Day Donation Day – Humane Society

Eppler Junior High

  • U.S. Marines Corps Toys for Tots
  • Utica Lions Club Extended Hand
  • Bright Side Dental Candy for Soldiers
  • Make-A-Wish Foundation
  • Friends Helping Families

Jeannette Junior High

  • Kiwanis Food Drive
  • Adopt a Family
  • U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots

Malow Junior High

  • Hamlin Adopt a Family
  • Extended Hands
  • U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots
  • Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
  • Michigan Animal Crew
  • Apage Food Drive
  • ASPCA
  • Relay for Life
  • Costa Rica – Soles for Souls – Shoe Drive

Shelby Junior High

  • Mercy-USA Winter Warmth Drive
  • Hamlin Holiday Adopt a Family
  • U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots

Eisenhower High School

  • Soup Kitchen through Trinity Lutheran Church (Project Outreach) 
  • Volunteering at Motown Soup (H4H) 
  • Fleece Blankets (Key Club) 
  • Holiday Collection for Local Hispanic Families in Need (Spanish Honor Society and Spanish Club) 
  • UNICEF (Key Club and Project Outreach) 
  • Adopt a Family (Student Council, LCCE, Drama Club, Math Dept, Main Office, Key Club, NHS, AVID) 
  • U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots (Student Council) 
  • Thanksgiving Dinners (Student Council)
  • Shelby Township Police Department's Shop with a Cop
  • Salvation Army Bell Ringing for Red Kettle Season at two locations
  • Michigan Gift of Life Foundation (HOSA)
  • Versiti Blood Drive (Key Club)
  • Samaritan House Food Drive (Key Club) 

Henry Ford II High School

  • Adopting two families (Spanish Honor Society and Spanish Club)
  • Toys for Tots (Student Council)
  • UNICEF Donation (Key Club)
  • Lions Club Food Baskets (Key Club)
  • Fleece Blankets (for Fleece and Thank You) (Key Club)

Stevenson High School

  • Choir providing music for the Sterling Heights tree lighting, the Lions Club of Sterling Heights, and at two retirement homes
  • Fundraiser for the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation (HOSA)
  • Collecting Crayons for the Crayon Initiative for children hospitals (HOSA)
  • Food Drive (Key Club)
  • Gift of Life
  • Adopt a Family (Student Council)
  • Serving Dinner to the Homeless with McRest (Student Council)

Utica Alternative Learning Center

  • Canned Food Drive for Gleaners Food Bank

Utica High School

  • Canned Food Drive (Key Club)
  • Villas of Shelby Senior Christmas Party (Key Club)
  • Kiwanis Food Drive (Key Club)
  • Adopt a Family (NHS, Mr. Vigus’ 1st hour class, office staff)
  • U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots (NHS, National Hispanic Honor Society)
  • Macomb Charitable Foundation (AVID)
  • Macomb County Children’s Giving Tree (SSP)
  • Macomb Area Food Bank (NHHS)
  • Shelby Lions Meals (UHS Baseball)
  • Assisted Living Supplies (HOSA)
  • Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
  • Charity Week - Macomb Humane Society

GLK - UAIS

  • U.S. Marines Corps Toys for Tots
  • Kiwanis Food Drive