QC students hungry for new food drive [Video]

After last year raising a record 817,038 meals, the Quad Cities Student Hunger Drive is back and will kick off next month.

This year, with fewer food donations from USDA programs and manufacturers/distributors and increased costs for families, the Student Hunger Drive is paramount to increasing the River Bend Food Bank’s supplies and varieties of food to distribute to community members in need, according to a Tuesday release from the Davenport-based Food Bank.

Since 1985, the Student Hunger Drive’s six-week, “friendly competition” among area high schools has provided over 16 million meals to children and adults facing hunger in River Bend Food Bank’s 23-county service area.

This year, students from 17 area high schools will participate in the food and funds drive, which will engage them in meeting a crucial community need while introducing them to service and philanthropy.

Through the drive, students plan and execute their own food and funds drives from Oct. 2 through Nov. …