On Tuesday, September 5, the York Suburban Girls Volleyball team opened its season with its Eighth Annual Black Out fundraising match. This year, YSVB supported the efforts of Food for Thought, a collaborative partnership between Luther Memorial Lutheran Church, the Impact Foundation (York Suburban Education Foundation’s student-led committee), and the York Suburban School District. Food for Thought’s initiative is to provide a backpack filled with nutritious, non-perishable meals, and snacks to food insecure Valley View Elementary students.
Through the efforts of the volleyball teams at York Suburban and Eastern York, the Black Out sold 400 t-shirts and collected 25 corporate sponsorships and 22 gift baskets for drawings. The evening resulted in a donation total of 728 food items for the shelves and over $5,776.75 to assist with start-up of Food for Thought. YSVB would like to thank the Eastern York School District for their participation, the local corporations for their sponsorships and donations, the volunteers for the evening’s success, and the community for its support of Food for Thought and York Suburban Volleyball.
