Spirit of Giving

^{School staff made the rounds to several area grocery stores to purchase items for Thanksgiving Day meal baskets.}

The floodgates opened after Youngstown Secondary School Administrative Assistant Audrianna Phillips reached out to potential donors through Facebook. She simply wanted to raise about $350, enough to purchase Thanksgiving Day meals for the school’s families most in need. Instead, thousands of dollars rolled in almost immediately.

^{Audrianna Phillips, Summit Academy Secondary School – Youngstown adminstrative assistant (left) with parent Molly White.}

^{DeNiro Quality Foods and the Red Cross donated freezer space to store turkeys.}

Parent Molly White was so moved by the school’s efforts to provide for families. If it wasn’t for Summit Academy, she said her family would not have a Thanksgiving this year. White’s story is not unlike those of many Summit
Academy families, grateful for the spirit of generosity expressed by the local community.

^{Audrianna Phillips of Summit Academy Secondary School – Youngstown is interviewed by a WKBN-TV 27 reporter for a story on her social media post that generated abundant donations.}

^{Summit Academy Secondary School – Youngstown 10th grade student Candice Washington (left) and her mother, Pamela Washington, graciously accept a Thanksgiving meal basket.}

It has been a busy past several days in Youngstown where families of both Summit Academy schools will break bread together on Thanksgiving Day thanks to the simple social media request that inspired a community to come calling. As a follow up to our original story, here is collection of photos that recap last week’s events.

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