Dighton Rehoboth Regional High School Can Drive

Preschoolers: preschooler and Dr. Bruce Tench (AP of high school) pose with some of the canned goods they brought in to support the communities.

Joseph Reed, Owen Conti, Ian Sullivan, Sam DuBois, Peyton Maccarone, Caitlin Carro, Jackie Kucia, Kyle O'Connell, Hannah Philip, Megan Alves, and Nate Rogers are some seniors that spearheaded the can drive and pose after they unloaded a truck full of goods"

Jillian Hughes, Megan Alves, Sadie Pratt, Meghan Reed, David Avila (back row), Nate Rogers, Kat Poole, Matt DaCosta, Carter Creesy, Connor Glynn, Joseph Reed, Kyle O'Connell, Sam Dubois, Peyton Maccarone, Caitlin Carro, Hannah Philip, Owen Conti, Jackie Kucia, Ian Sullivan (front row)

Caitlin Carro, Peyton Maccarone, Ian Sullivan, and Jackie Kucia help to carry one of the boxes into the Rehoboth Food Pantry"

Owen Conti and Hannah Philip help to unload canned goods"

Student government and other students helped to sort canned goods on Saturday to distribute to the community"

Dighton Rehoboth Regional High School Can Drive

Posted Thursday, November 30, 2017 12:00 am

Information about the can drive: During the week of November 14-18th at the Dighton Rehoboth Regional High School, students collected an unprecedented number of canned goods and non-perishable items for the local food pantries and surpassed the school’s previous records. Students participated in the annual spirit week can drive where the freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior classes compete to bring in the most cans and be awarded the most spirit points. Under the direction of Student Body President Jacqueline Kucia, student government officers sparked a social media frenzy and a heated competition between classes. Students started a GoFundMe! and money collections to make grocery store runs together to bring in more cans. Dr. John Gould, principal, increased the stakes and challenged the students that if they could reach our goal of 6,000 canned goods for the school-wide collections, he agreed to be the administrator to get pied in the face. The student body responded and clearly showed their DR pride and hoped to outdo each other to bring in the most cans. Even the preschoolers got in on the can drive and brought in donations! By Friday morning, trucks rolled up to the entrances of the school stacked with more cans and the foyers were filled to be nearly impassable. Seniors led the school and brought in the most items, followed closely by the juniors. However, freshmen class came into spirit week ready to compete and brought in the most canned goods of any freshmen class in history. In all, the student body brought in a combined total of 8,900 canned goods to be split between the two local communities. Student government members and other students volunteered their Saturday morning to sort and deliver the mountains of cans to both the Rehoboth and Dighton food pantries. Students also made Thanksgiving baskets to deliver to individual families throughout the community. Student government will also be distributing funds that were collected during the Spirit Week penny drive which totaled over $800. Overall, despite seniors officially winning spirit week competitions, the school community truly came together to show a great sense of community spirit and a sense of giving!