February 4, 2024 Press Release from The United Way of Hardin County: For the past two weeks students at Ada Elementary have participated in the Souper Bowl. In a partnership with the United Way of Hardin County, Ada students brought in can goods for four of the county’s outreach programs. Beatitudes (Ada), Helping Hands, The Neighborhood Opportunity Center and the New Hope Ministries Homeless Shelter (Kenton). The Souper Bowl was a super success with the students bringing in 1,854 items. The class with the most donations was Mrs. Williams kindergarten class with 438 cans, in second place was Mrs. Daniels 3rd grade class with 391 and in third place was Mrs. Woodruff with 221. The first place class will receive a pizza party!
“I like knowing that I am helping others, I brought in a lot of cans, but some of my classmates brought in even more! We wanted to help the people in need,” said Kyleigh Nau, 3rd grader at Ada Schools.
The United Way of Hardin County was amazed by success of the event and the generosity of Ada Elementary. The donations will help our county as many struggle to make ends meet. To learn more about donating to the Hardin County food Banks – contact Martha at the United Way office, or email director@hardincountyunitedway.org.
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