Logan County students compete in supermarket sweep at IGA [Video]

RUSSELLVILLE, Ky. (WBKO) – On Wednesday morning, Logan County high school students had 90 seconds to fill shopping carts with as many non-perishable food items as possible.

This supermarket sweep competition is being referred to as Seniors Helping Seniors. All the donations acquired are to be donated to 20 different households of senior citizens in need of basic food necessities.

The event was hosted at Priceless IGA and put on by Independence Bank and Barren River Area Development District.

Students from Logan County Schools and Russellville Independent Schools raced through the aisles, collecting cereal boxes, canned vegetables, peanut butter jars, canned fruit, and more.

“Everything that went to the cart, we were able to purchase and then here in a couple of weeks, we’ll participate with these students to actually go into some of these homes and deliver the food to the recipients that will actually be the end users …