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Student-filled food pantry feeds Colfax students

Teacher Altaira Bogle pulls out some items from the latest Catalyst Church delivery of bagged items to be delivered to school children to have food for the weekend.

High school can be a stressful time for teens who have to balance study and work.

“Food should be the last thing they should worry about,” said Altaira Bogle, Colfax High School teacher.

The reality is there are students who do not have enough food when they get home from school. Bogle is leading a program in which those students receive additional food provided by the school’s own annual food drive.

“Just that one drive stocks the...

 

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