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Prairie Queen, PLCS raises more than $5,471 for Tri-City Food Pantry

tri city food pantry fundraiser

Papillion La Vista Community Schools and Prairie Queen Elementary School raised $5,471.88 for the Tri-City Food pantry in January. This was the 4th year the school participated in the fundraiser.

Of the donation $3,325.88 was fundraised at Prairie Queen Elementary through a "spare change drive" where students brought change to school and competed against other classrooms to raise the most money.

Kindergarten teacher Anne-Marie Hunter won the classroom challenge with her students raising $468, kindergarten teacher Kelli Houdesheldt raised $293, and first grade teacher Dawn Markus received the third place spot with her class raising $225. An anonymous donor donated Amazon gift cards to the winning classrooms.

$2,150 of the donation was raised by a PLCS district-wide Jeans Day.

The Tri-City Food Pantry serves families in La Vista, Papillion and Ralston struggling with food insecurities. Many of the Pantry’s clients get referrals from PLCS counselors and social workers.

donation to tri city pantry

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