Sr 3 The Dallas Post Sunday, December 5, 2004 From left, Jeremy Mucha, Tommy Youells and Tristan Bethel, ‘eighth grade Student Council representatives at Dallas Middle School. Cierra Leonardo helped to unload the truckful of donations. Her cash donation of over $320 helped her homeroom come in first in donations. FOR THE POST/M.B. GILLIGAN Members of Dallas Cub Scout Pack 281 collected nearly 1,000 food items for the Back Mountain Food Pantry. Pictured are scouts who helped with the delivery. In front, from left, are: Marcus Wagner, Alex Zubko, Andrew Santora and Anthony DiMaria. Standing in rear are Tommy Rogers, sporting clown makeup for the circus-themed pack meeting, and Michael Terninko. FOOD BANK ‘(continued from page 1) list came from the Food Pantry and included basic canned goods in addition to boxed breakfast items. “I helped by getting stuff out of my closet, like syrup,” said nthony DiMaria a Webelo I. e and several fellow scouts helped to unload their collec- tion at the food pantry. The Dallas Middle School Student Council also delivered their donation to the food pantry recently. “It was just amazing,” said Joan Rakowski, Student Council moderator. “We really want to thank the school community for being so generous.” Their collection yielded a full truckload of non- perishable items for the pantry in addition to over $,1800 in cash. “The Food Pantry really TEACHER (continued from page 1) mare,” she said. 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