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Summit Cereal Bowl Scores A Touchdown Against Hunger

5th annual event collects 1,480 boxes to donate to Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry at St. Teresa of Avila's Church.

SUMMIT, NJ - The span of approximately two weeks, students in the Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School sixth grade collected more than 1,000 boxes of cereal as part of the 5th annual Cereal Bowl.

During the competition, from Jan. 23 through Feb. 6, each sixth grade team tries to collect the most boxes of cereal to donate to the Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry at St. Teresa of Avila’s Church. Overall, 1480 boxes of cereal were donated by the sixth graders. Leading the Cereal Bowl Teams were:

Team Captain Crunch, consisting of the homerooms of Benjamin Carapezza, Marilyn Rand, and Ms. Tarantino; they brought in 292 boxes of cereal

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Team Cookie Crisps, consisting of the homerooms of Lauren Ettinger, Deidre Kennedy, and Jacek Lodziato; they turned in 288 boxes of cereal!

Team Froot Loops, consisting of the homerooms of Emily Hitchen, Nicole Macias, and Warren Wannamaker; they donated 283 boxes of cereal

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“We are constantly encouraging our students to be a community that helps others. Through the Cereal Bowl, our 6th graders took the lead in helping to feed many local families. Their enthusiasm was overwhelming. We could not be more proud of this group and their effort to support our community.” said Bridgette Moore, leader of Team 6B.

(Photo caption: Sixth Grade Cereal Bowl Competitors, from left, Samantha Cooper, Keira Borst, Juliet Ho, Saaniya Alangad, Nikita Shevyakov, and Christopher Smith. Photo courtesy of the Summit School District)

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