The 42nd-annual Hauser Junior High School food drive generated more than 40,000 items, which were then arranged into a holiday scene on the auditorium stage for the community to see.
The 42nd-annual Hauser Junior High School food drive generated more than 40,000 items, which were then arranged into a holiday scene on the auditorium stage for the community to see.
Marissa Cruz walks carefully through a stage full of donated food items at Hauser Junior High School in Riverside, Wednesday, Dec. 19.

Hauser Junior High School students collected more than 40,000 items for the 42nd annual food drive and then used the items to sculpt a Christmas scene for the community to see. The food was donated to The Salvation Army Englewood Red Shield Center on Chicago’s South Side.