On Tuesday November 30, 2010 a group of business people from the four corners area arrived at Loughman Oaks Elementary School on 17/92 in Loughman at 4:00 PM.

The business group was from the "Four Corners Area Council" of the Chamber of Commerce who had collected money to purchase food and clothing items for a number of children in need at this school.

Part of the money raised was spent to purchase new sneakers, pants, shirts, socks, underwear, belts and jackets during a shopping trip to Wal Mart. The purchase was supervised by the assistant principle Wanda Aponte and parent liaison Gail Vickery.

The remaining part of the funds was spent on food for the kids to take home on Friday afternoon, so they have enough food at home during the weekend. The food delivered included peanut butter, grape jelly, spaghetti & meatballs, oatmeal, noodle soup packets, pasta & cheese sauce and 1200 boxes of macaroni & cheese.

Several local business people also collected food at their business locations and approximately 100 of our green bags was filled with food donations.

The food is held in the school pantry and every Friday afternoon the backpacks of the children in critical need of weekend food are filled with the donated food and the children then carry the food home.

Loughman Oaks is the fourth school that the "Green Bag Project" has accepted into our "Fridays Kids Packs" program. The first in early September was Eastside Elementary in Haines City then Sunrise Elementary in Kissimmee followed by Westside Elementary in Osceola County near the Polk County line.

Our focus is now on our ability to resupply these schools with food. We are seeking school "Ambassador's" for each school who will donate $1.00 a month or $10.00 for the school year.

Companies, professional organizations, church's, service groups such as Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis and others can all join in this effort and assist these young children to have weekend food.