Psi Iota Xi launches Knox County Elementary School Drive to support Food For The Hungry

The 2025 Psi Iota Xi Knox County Elementary School Drive starts Nov. 17 with the help of Psi Iota Xi Sorority. All donations will benefit the 44th annual Food For The Hungry Drive. 

Mount Vernon area classrooms, including The Knox Learning Center and sixth grade at Mount Vernon Middle School, as well as Centerburg, Danville, and East Knox elementary schools, will join the sorority’s collection efforts, and each classroom will be supplied with collection boxes. Donations can be made from Monday, Nov. 17, through Friday, Nov. 21. The top five items needed for our local pantries are canned fruit/vegetables, soup (pop-top cans or packages preferred), canned meals (ravioli, Spaghetti-Os, and the like), baked beans, and canned meat.

Though non-food donations are welcome, cash donations are encouraged because $1 donated is equivalent to $4.56 of buying power through the Mid-Ohio Collective. Checks should be made payable to Food For The Hungry. All donations collected in each school will stay in the community in which they were donated. These students are asked to demonstrate the idea that no one is too young to make a difference and that the community is better when we work together.

As in the past, the classroom in each participating school that contributes the highest number of food items per student will be treated to a pizza party sponsored by Psi Iota Xi. 

The top donor from each school will be honored in the Food For The Hungry broadcast at the Knox County Memorial Building on Friday, Dec. 13. The students will be recognized on our live video stream at www.mvnu.tv, as well as on 100.9 FM and 93.7 HD2 - WMVO, with reports given on WNZR and 93.7 the Super Q. 

To learn more about FFTH, donate, or find photos, videos, and more, visit www.FoodForTheHungryCares.org. To volunteer with FFTH, fill out the volunteer form on FFTH’s website. 

The 2025 FFTH Live Broadcast will take place on Friday, Dec. 12 at the Memorial Theater inside the Knox Memorial.