Submitted photoNHS members have been collecting non-perishable food items every Halloween for over a decade. The items are donated to local food shelves.
As a member of the National Honor Society at Forest Lake Area High School, Renee Holmquist spent Halloween night of her senior year in 2005 going door-to-door collecting non-perishable food items to be donated to local food shelves. Twelve years later, she carries on the tradition not as a student, but as an NHS advisor.
“It never crossed my mind that I would one day be leading an NHS group in this project, much less in my own hometown,” Holmquist said. “I am very glad to see that this tradition has continued on.”broadstreet.zone(48036);
Seventy NHS students will begin going door-to-door Oct. 31 at 5:30 p.m. and will canvas areas throughout the school district.
“Most years, we collect about 2,000 pounds of food,” Holmquist said. “This is probably the one large group
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