Contact: Tammy Lane • First Posted: Monday, November 15, 2010

This year's Kids Helping Kids turned out to be the largest food drive in the history of God's Pantry. 

The 16th annual drive, sponsored by Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, collected 114,932 pounds (worth an estimated $183,891). That's 25,400 pounds more than 2009's total.

More than 36,000 students in 49 schools participated. The top schools will receive awards Dec. 2 at the God's Pantry warehouse.

High schools

1^st - Eastside Technical Center with 8,901 pounds, or 22 pounds per student

2^nd – Southside Technical Center with 1,950 pounds, or 6 pounds per student

Middle schools

1^st – Winburn with 10,809 pounds, or 20 pounds per student

2^nd – Jessie M. Clark with 7,835 pounds, or 9 pounds per student

3^rd – Southern with 3,088 pounds, or 4 pounds per student

Most improved – Edythe J Hayes with 1,488 pounds

Elementary schools

1^st – Veterans Park with 18,133 pounds, or 27 pounds per student

2^nd – Cassidy with 7,964 pounds, or 14 pounds per student

3^rd – Meadowthorpe with 5,663 pounds, or 11 pounds per student

Most improved – Sandersville with 4,759 pounds

An estimated 3,000 households will benefit from the students’ donations.

For more information, call coordinator Robert Srodulski at (859) 288-5330 or visit http://www.godspantry.org/.