Trick or Cans! WOW!

Halloween evening was just right! The weather was great, not too hot and not too cold.... more than 250 youth from around the community went out Trick or Treating... well, actually "Trick or Canning"! The results were awesome. Trick or Cans brought in more than 8700 pounds of food. They worked really hard, they had a great time and they proved that Blount County is a great place to live.

As they arrived at the parking lot to deliver the "goods" on Halloween night, there was food to enjoy, but the best fun was seeing their peers all dressed up either in their "Trick or Cans" shirts (designed by a student and paid for by sponsors for the evening)or some very creative Halloween costumes. It was a time of laughter and WORK. As teams arrived all food had to be counted and secured in bags, then placed in the rented u-haul for storage until the next morning. This year the teams stretched further than ever with one team going as far east as Seymour and one west as far as Friendsville!

After a great article in The Daily Times, the evening was a big success! Early the next morning (just before 7:30am) 6 of the team members and 2 faithful adults delivered the food to the CFC. Several board members were there to greet and to help carry the food into the CFC. Tables were filled, shelves were filled, shopping carts were filled..... food, food was everywhere! Seeing all that food in one place was amazing! There were cans and boxes, bags and jars, there was food in every possible type of container! By 8:40 the delivery was complete and the students were off to school (Chemistry, History, tests - YIKES!) The board members and several volunteers spent the day "unbagging" all the food, sorting, shelving and storing. By shortly after 5:00 about half of the food was ready for distribution and the other half was properly stored for further sorting. The floor was clear and the CFC is ready for business on Saturday.

What a blessing to have been a part of such a great experience! Those in our community who need an extra helping hand will be blessed for quite some time by these students who have continued "Trick of Cans" through 10 years! BRAVO!!