The Great Ignatian Challenge Food Drive Is Back!
Help our students as we fight food insecurity and help our neighbors in NEPA. It’s our biggest challenge yet…the Great Ignatian Challenge!
Created by Fordham Prep alumnus, Jim Rowen, this food drive Challenge highlights the collective service power and generosity among 20 participating Jesuit high schools around the country. Since 2016, the number of participating schools has grown and over 1.4 million pounds of food has been collected and distributed across local area food banks, community centers, and aid organizations. The goal of this Great Ignatian Challenge is to shine a light on the food insecurity that so many of our NEPA neighbors face. More than 800 million people live every day with hunger or food insecurity as their constant companions. With your help, we can change that here in Northeastern Pennsylvania
This year, Scranton Prep will join the Challenge with our “Fill the Field” event. For the next four weeks, we will be attempting to raise over 100 pounds of food per student. We’ll do this online, through our alumni, families, friends, students…and through you! On November 21, 2023, Scranton Prep’s students, teachers, administrators, and staff will attempt to “Fill the Field”, Loyola Field, with our non-perishable food contributions, filling trucks that will make their way to our various regional partners –NEPA Youth Shelter, Friends of the Poor, St. Francis Food Pantry, Ronald McDonald House, Bread Basket, United Neighborhood Centers, Seven Loaves Food Kitchen, Boys and Girls Club of Scranton, and the list goes on.
WE CAN DO IT AGAIN BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP!
For the past 2 years, we’ve been among the top schools-raising over 100 pounds of food per student. That’s more than 75,000 pounds of food. The real winners, however, were the people of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Over 70 TONS of food has been raised and distributed in NEPA thanks to you. Though our students are raising much of the food themselves, we need your help to make this a success again this year. To make a food contribution, click the link
Great Ignatian Challenge 2023 (diamondmindinc.com)
You can make a food donation directly to our families in need…whether you want to help with breakfast, lunch, dinner or a whole week. This link lets you buy food directly from our food partner Schiff’s Food Services.You can also email us at [email protected] or call 570-941-7743.
Check out our Instagram @thegreatignatianchallenge to follow our progress throughout October and November. 100% of the monetary donations made to the food drive will be used to shop for food items requested by our partner charities. All food and money raised will directly benefit Northeastern Pennsylvania residents and charity partners.
Check out our Media Coverage last year and help us win again!
Scranton Prep Competing to Combat Hunger WNEP-TV
Drive on at Scranton Prep to Help the Hungry WBRE-TV
Scranton Prep students competing to combat hunger Pa Homepage
https://instagram.com/thegreatignatianchallenge?utm_medium=copy_link
(18) SP Great Ignatian Challenge | Facebook
Drive on at Scranton Prep to help the hungry – NewsBreak
https://twitter.com/i/status/1458807438644293633
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpIi6WCkRso
Scranton Prep Competing to Combat Hunger – OceanSidetotalLifeChanges
Scranton Prep Players Present, Puffs | Scranton | DiscoverNEPA
Scranton Prep Thanksgiving Food Drive 2021 – YouGiveGoods
https://raforum.info/scranton-prep-competing-to-fight-hunger/
https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/eedition/page-a5/page_eb9eb3eb-0331-52b8-a27c-a301be8661be.html
https://twitter.com/scrprepsports/status/1451592056938242050?s=21
https://twitter.com/nepanation/status/1451877938832547842?s=21
https://www.facebook.com/570sportsshow/photos/a.160079388830287/428487535322803/?type=3
https://www.facebook.com/ScrantonPreparatorySchool/
https://www.scrantonprep.org/s/139/bp18/interior.aspx?sid=139&gid=1&pgid=1121
https://twitter.com/scrantonprep
https://instagram.com/thegreatignatianchallenge?utm_medium=copy_link
(18) SP Great Ignatian Challenge | Facebook
Drive on at Scranton Prep to help the hungry – NewsBreak
https://twitter.com/i/status/1458807438644293633
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpIi6WCkRso
Scranton Prep Competing to Combat Hunger – OceanSidetotalLifeChanges
Scranton Prep Players Present, Puffs | Scranton | DiscoverNEPA
Scranton Prep Thanksgiving Food Drive 2021 – YouGiveGoods
https://raforum.info/scranton-prep-competing-to-fight-hunger/
https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/eedition/page-a5/page_eb9eb3eb-0331-52b8-a27c-a301be8661be.html
https://twitter.com/scrprepsports/status/1451592056938242050?s=21
https://twitter.com/nepanation/status/1451877938832547842?s=21
https://www.facebook.com/570sportsshow/photos/a.160079388830287/428487535322803/?type=3
https://www.facebook.com/ScrantonPreparatorySchool/
https://www.scrantonprep.org/s/139/bp18/interior.aspx?sid=139&gid=1&pgid=1121
https://twitter.com/scrantonprep
Great Ignatian Pie Challenge
Week 4 & 5 Challenge
We are going by pounds per student in each homeroom. There will be a homeroom winner in each grade level by the end of the week. Those homerooms will win a swag bag, an exclusive Great Ignatian Challenge t-shirt & a Krispy Kreme breakfast.
Week 3 Challenge
This week we want to target specific items on our charity’s wish lists. The Grocery List contains 20 specific items that they need.
For every 5 different items you bring in, your name will be entered into a raffle. If you bring in all 20 items, you will get 4 raffle tickets. 3 winners will be pulled on Tuesday, Nov 2nd; 3 more on Thursday, Nov 4; and 3 final on Friday, Nov 5th. The winners could win a Free Dress Down, a Get Out of Jug Card, or a free cafeteria lunch voucher. Donations will be collected and inspected in the front lobby 7:45am-8:10am by Mr. Placke and Ms. Farrell to be entered into the raffle.
Week 2 Challenge
Details of Week 2 Challenge:
- Grade level vs. grade level
- Bringing the cans/nonperishable food item to your homeroom
- The grade level that brings in the most cans/food will win
- The grade level will win a Pizza Party on the field with games (cornhole, Kan-Jam, spike ball, etc)
- This will take place Tuesday, November 2nd with a rain date of Wednesday, November 3rd;
- During 4th and 5th periods (11am-12pm)
- Collectively the school must collect 1,000 cans this week