2015 Canned Food Drive Rules

The rules for this years Canned Food Drive will run from November 9th to December 11th. Food may
be brought in during this time pending sponsor approval. The Tower of Cans will be on December 11th. Our
primary goal is to collect food for the local community food baskets, and we are trying to do our best to
encourage students to bring a variety of food so the items we donate will be appreciated and enjoyed. Therefore,
points on many items will be based on the number of servings it contains; once a class obtains the requirements
for the bonus, that bonuss value will be added to their total score. Some categories have a group bonus that will
be awarded once all of the bonuses in that group have been met.

Canned Goods-1 point per serving

-Soup
-Peas
-Mixed Vegetables
-Corn
-Carrots
-Beans
-Potatoes
-Green Beans
-Fruit
-meat (e.g.: tuna)
Pastas-1 point per serving
-Mac & Cheese
-Spaghetti
-Other pasta
Dry Goods: - 5 points per item
-Crackers
-Cake Mix (boxed)
-Frosting
-Muffin Mix
Sauces and Gravy-spaghetti sauce:1 point per serving

Number of Items
250
150
150
150
50
50
50
150
200
75
250
175
50
75
150
150
150

175
-gravy: 1 pt per packet 100

Group Bonus: 7500

1250
1000
1000
1000
500
500
500
1000
1250
1250
Group Bonus: 3000
2000
1500
500
Group Bonus: 4000
1000
1000
1000
750
Group Bonus: 2000
1500
500

Bringing Food:
-Times to bring in food are before 8:15 AM or from 3:15-3:30 PM (to be counted toward that days total). No
food will be brought in during the school day and no exceptions will be made. If you are caught bringing

in food during an unapproved time, you will not be eligible for the group bonus for the
category that the food falls under.
-Food items will be counted after school (any items not present by 3:30 will be counted on the next days total.)
A copy of the daily totals for a given class will be provided to the sponsors during the next school day.
-Special considerations will be made for certain items. The Canned Food Drive director is the only person who
can make such decisions (in consultation with Mrs. Roderick and Mrs. Walser if needed.)
-Ramen noodles will be accepted and will fall under the other pasta category, but will be excluded from the
Tower of Cans.
-All food intended for use in the Tower of Cans must be boxed or canned; no glass or bagged items will be
allowed.
Bonuses:
-Each bonus can only be reached once. After the bonus has been awarded, only points for the products
themselves will be counted.
-Once every item limit in a group has been reached, your class will receive a group bonus.
-There will be two mystery bonuses announced. They will include a meal-in-a-box (ie: Hamburger Helper) and
pancake mix. The class that brings in the highest number of items will earn 1000 bonus points, 2nd place earns
500 points, and 3rd place earns 250 points.
-There will be weekly bonuses. If the following categories are fulfilled by the Thursday (Tuesday of
Thanksgiving week) count of the given week, an extra 1000 points will be awarded in addition to any category
or group bonus.
November 9-12: Pasta
November 16-19: Dry Goods
November 30-December 3: Sauces and Gravy
December 7-10: Cans
Misc. Items:
-All misc. items will count for 1 point per serving, but special considerations will be made (i.e.: peanut
butter/jelly or other high serving size products will count as 5-10 points depending on size.)
Questions:
-Any questions regarding rules should go to the Canned Food Drive director. He or she has the final say
on any conflict within the Canned Food Drive.
-If any issue or question arises that the director cannot answer, all inquiries are to be directed to Mrs. Roderick
or Mrs. Walser.
Rewards:
The overall winning class with the highest point total will receive a pizza party during GTT in January.
Any class reaching all category/group bonuses will receive candy bars for members of the class.
As a school, our goal is to beat last years total number of points: 32, 129. There will be a school wide reward of
a soda float GTT party if this goal is exceeded.

Tower of Cans Rules

1. Class sponsors need to provide a list of students involved in moving and building to the Canned Food Drive
Director by December 10th so the list can be turned into the office and sent out to all teachers.
There is a 10 student limit for bringing cans into the gym and building the tower. Only the 10 students listed by
December 10th may participate in moving and building.
Any students who are involved in counting or directing for the Canned Food Drive are not eligible to participate
in the building of the tower of cans.
Any students who are ineligible for the week of building the tower of cans may not be on the building team.
2. Each class must make a poster showing the theme for their tower. Themes for each class will need to be created
by students only and must be poster board sized. The poster should be displayed either within the tower itself.
The theme and poster will be considered in the judging process.
3. Classes will have 20 minutes to move their food items into the gym (2:25-2:45). Once the time limit is up any
food not in the gym will not be allowed to be used in the Tower of Cans.
4. At 2:25 PM on December 11th students who are involved in moving food items to the gym will be dismissed. At
2:45 PM building will start for each class, with all students being dismissed at 2:45 PM to watch and cheer on
their classmates. Building will conclude at 3:10 PM with judging to determine the winner of the Tower of Cans.
5. There will be no tape or paper coverings allowed for use in the tower of cans, but props will be allowed.
6. If food items are destroyed by the building process, points for those items will be deducted from the overall
total. If this deduction affects the end result of the winning class, a new winning class will be announced on
Monday, December 14th.
7. The amount of points available for the Tower of Cans will be determined such that the final ranking of classes
will be determined by the Tower of Cans. Points awarded for each class will then be added into each classs
total and the winner of the Canned Food Drive will be announced.