Players from the Clarkston Varsity and JV Football teams collected food donations from community neighborhoods during another successful annual Rush for Food on Saturday. They started the day with a pre-Rush breakfast, which was donated by local businesses including Neiman’s Family Market, Leo’s Coney Island, Royal Diner, Cooks Dairy Farm and G’s Pizzeria. Then, they […]
The shelves at Lighthouse of Clarkston are less bare after the Clarkston Football Program brought in 6,161 pounds of donations during their 21st Annual Rush for Food. The goal was 8,000 pounds and the Rush for Food committee explained this year they asked for donations of toiletries which was in more need instead of […]
One last vehicle pulled into Lighthouse, off Dixie Highway, with trays of canned food to donate for the Clarkston Football Program’s 20th Annual Rush for Food. During a few hours, the freshman, JV and varsity players and community put 7,635 pounds of food on the shelves to help local families who receive assistance from Lighthouse.
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Sports Writer Senior Conner Heaton and junior Max Nicklin remember when they toured Lighthouse as freshman during the Clarkston Football Program’s Rush for Food. “It’s shocking almost going in there and seeing how bare they are,” Heaton shared. “Once we are done, it’s overfilled with bags and carts of […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer Michele Robinson remembers the first year the gridiron heroes collected food for the first Rush for Food. “My son was a junior the first year we did it,” shared Robinson, senior services coordinator and volunteer coordinate at Lighhouse of Oakland County. “It was exciting. This community is […]