Scona Students Raise $257K for Food Bank

0:00It's April 23rd, Canada news today starts now. AI powered and ready. I'm Corey with the story. Students at Strathcona Composite High School in Edmonton raised $257,000 for the city's food bank, with their 18th annual bike, Uffon, last month. They smashed their goal of $250,000, funding a full industrial walk-in cooler that keeps produce fresh year-round in stores. The Fall Harvest. Food bank spokesperson, Tamasan Benz Khan, says this lets them buy even more food amid rising demand. They're now feeding over $43,000. People monthly, and those numbers keep climbing. This fits the school's long-running Skona initiative, where kids grind for months each year. Last year alone, they pulled in 241. $1,000 for Sombrilla, helping rural kids and Honduras give better education access. Principal Hans Van Genhoven calls it the first time they've seen their efforts fully pay off like this,

1:01and students are buzzing with pride, hoping in. Sparks other schools to step up and drive real change in their communities.