The Bennett instrumental music department celebrated “Music in our Schools Month” this past March by raising more than $1565 for local food pantries. Twenty one students from the 4th-6th grade band and orchestra kept logs of their practice time for the month of March. They obtained sponsors for each minute that they practiced and collected the donations at the end of the month. The money collected was divided between three local food pantries that serve our school community: Family of Woodstock; the Phoenicia Food Pantry; and the food pantry located at the Olive Bridge United Methodist Church. All of the representatives of the food pantries were extremely grateful for the donations, having seen an increased need for food this year. We hope to do this program again next year and increase our participation levels.
~Karen McKenna