Annual Harvest Walk

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October 30, 2023

Harvest Walk is About Kindness

Red Ribbon Week and “Dare to Care” - Gunston celebrated living bully-free and drug-free this week.  Along with these events and building on the kindness theme, Staff and students collected canned goods for the Annual Gunston Harvest Walk to support the local food kitchen, Lorton Community Action Center (LCAC). Student Ambassadors provided a rousing pep talk for the walkers. Mr Song put on the tunes and the students rounded the playground field a number of times to complete our Harvest Walk. It was a fun time on a beautiful day.

Lorton Community Action Center Collects the Donations from Gunston

Students brought their donations to pile

Students brought their donations to pile

SCA members sorted and helped LCAC pack food into truck

SCA members sorted and helped LCAC pack food into truck

Students are excited about the donations they are making for kindness

Students are excited about the donations they are making for kindness

Maintaining his annual winning streak, Mr Balocki’s class yet again donated the most, tipping the scales at over 800 food items. Miss Carpenter’s, Mrs Benton’s and Mrs Azizian’s classes were all runners up.  In all there was almost 2000 pounds of donated food for our drive. Well done Gunston! This is how to show kindness.  

Mrs Ephraim and Mrs Amin along with Mrs Schroeder and Mrs Garcia worked together to make all the aspects of the walk progress smoothly.

Truck is packed with canned donations
A team of teachers and LCAC staff load the donation truck.

 

Students begin to collect their donations in a pile

Students begin to collect their donations in a pile

Classes line up on the blacktop

Classes line up on the blacktop

Students pose for picture

Students pose for picture

Coming outside to basketball court before walk

Coming outside to basketball court before walk

Students sit down to listen to speeches

Students sit down to listen to speeches

Some classes stand up on the blacktop

Some classes stand up on the blacktop

Classes bring out their food donations

Classes bring out their food donations

LCAC spokesperson and our Student Ambassadors and Mrs Schroeder talk to the crowd

LCAC spokesperson and our Student Ambassadors and Mrs Schroeder talk to the crowd

Mr Benton stopped by for a visit during the Harvest Walk

Mr Benton stopped by for a visit during the Harvest Walk

Attentive students listen to SCA/Ambassadors

Attentive students listen to SCA/Ambassadors

Students walk around the playground

Students walk around the playground

Everyone walks with their classes

Everyone walks with their classes

Mr Song played music while the crowds walked

Mr Song played music while the crowds walked

Students enjoyed the nice weather while walking.

Students enjoyed the nice weather while walking.

Some classes walked the long route

Some classes walked the long route

Some classes took the shortcut.

Some classes took the shortcut.

Students dance walked to music

Students dance walked to music

It was a nice day for a walk

It was a nice day for a walk

Everyone stayed with their classes to walk

Everyone stayed with their classes to walk

Students walked around the playgroudn

Students walked around the playgroudn

Donation winners, walked together

Donation winners, walked together

Students took several rounds about the whole playground area

Students took several rounds about the whole playground area

It was a fun walk with kindness built in

It was a fun walk with kindness built in

Students and teachers walked around the playground with music playing for the Annual Harvest Walk

Students and teachers walked around the playground with music playing for the Annual Harvest Walk