The Cranston Rotary Club concluded its annual Share the Love food drive this past week. gathering donations of food from elementary schools across the city to donate to local pantries.

Titled “Share the Love” because of its start around Valentine’s Day, the project has grown and spread across the city, helping many of the local food pantries at a time of scarcity, says Tom Glasgow, president of the Cranston Rotary Club.

Cranston’s 15 elementary schools participate. In each school, the classroom that collects the most items gets a pizza party as a reward.

Orchard Farms students collected more than 2,000 pieces of food. L-R Tom Glasgow, president of Cranston Rotary, Orchard Farms Principal Cheri Sacco, Michele Winters, Cranston Rotary member, and Asst Principal Ramon Torres. Submitted photo by Tom Glasgow