Donation Day for Andy's Cans!

Kindergartners came full circle, (or shall I say cylinder) with our "Andy Warhol Can!" unit.  We have been collecting, counting, sorting, moving, and removing soup and other cans around our classroom since November and we have finally come to the end of a marvelous journey.  

As you may have read in previous blog entries, our class began the project by studying Pop Artist Andy Warhol's Soup Can Series of paintings especially the one titled "100 Cans."  We also  read A Weekend at Uncle Andy's written by his nephew James Warhola.   Throughout the year, we also discussed how there are those in need of food, clothes, and other resources all over the world.   A generous outpouring of cans came in throughout the next weeks and months.   We made 100 cans our goal and graphed our results.  We  ended the unit (and the school year) with a trip to meet one of those needs.

Yesterday, we packed our 113 cans and jars into boxes, loaded them onto the bus ( a special thanks to Ava's Dad for being "the Rooster"), were praised and cheered on by our head of School, Joanna; and ventured across town to Food Gatherers.  We immediately knew we were in the right place because of the carrot shaped door handle, gigantic carrot pillars,  and the worm motif on the garden hose! 

  

The volunteers at Food Gatherers  graciously accepted our donation and began quickly loading the cans and jars into a giant barrel.  We nearly filled it half full!  The attendant then went and weighed our gift and reported that we had donated 130 lbs!  He thanked us for all of our efforts.   We then took time for a photo op and headed back to school for lunch.  I wonder if anyone had soup?

 Thank you to all of the SK children and families who participated with your donations.