The 2008 Food for the Soul Winner was Ralph J. Bunche Middle School.
The 2008 Campaign collected over 52,000 food items.
Ralph Bunche Middle School collected over 20,000 food items.
Paticipating school systems included Atlanta Public Schools, Clayton County Schools, DeKalb County Schools, and Fulton County Schools.
2007 Highlights
The Grand Total for the 2007 Food For The Soul drive was 76,529.
In 2007 the winning school (Ralph Bunche Middle School) collected an amazing 17,096 food items which is more than double the amount of last year’s winner (Peyton Forest Elementary – 7,200) and set a new record for items collected by one school.
In 2007 Bunche Middle School single handedly exceeded the total amount of food items collected in our first Food For The Soul Drive in 2005 (17,034).
In 2007 our participants include 13 schools from Atlanta Public Schools, 2 from Clayton County Schools, and 9 from DeKalb County Schools.
In 2007 each of the four runner-ups collected more than the 2006 winner; Peyton Forest Elementary (11,400), Fickett Elementary (8,642), Oliver (8,150), and C.W. Hill Elementary (7,238).
In 2007, there are fourteen schools that collected over 1000 food items each.
In 2007, 20 schools collected at least one can for each student.
In 2006 the highest ratio of food items to students at one school was 13.6 to 1 at Peyton Forest Elementary.
In 2007 the highest ratio of food items to students at one school was 20.8 to 1 at C.W Hill Elementary. And three other schools exceeded the 2006 ratio as well, Fickett at 15.7, Bunche at 20.7, and Peyton Forest at 24.3.
There are eight schools that have participated each year in Food For The Soul (2005, 2006, & 2007) – C.W. Hill Elementary, East Lake Elementary, Grove Park Elementary, Kemp Primary School, Parkside Elementary, Perkerson Elementary, Peyton Forest Elementary, and Sutton Middle School. In three years of the Food For The Soul program, those eight schools have collected over 105,000 food items.
2006 Highlights
First Place Winner: Peyton Forest Elementary School collected 7200 food items
Peyton Forest Elementary School collected 7200 food items which sets a new record for items collected by one school. Peyton Forest Elementary won complimentary tickets to the February 23, 2007 performance of the UniverSoul Circus in Atlanta at Turner Field!
Over 70,000 food items collected
The 2006 Food for the Soul campaign nets over 70,000 food items!
Over 47 schools participated in 2006
2005 Highlights
First Place Winners: SUTTON MIDDLE SCHOOL & HOPE ELEMENTARY
