Trick or Treat So Others Can Eat underway in Hays Tuesday

Hays resident Megan Wilkerson sets out a bag of donated food items for volunteers to collect. — Hays resident Megan Wilkerson sets out a bag of donated food items for volunteers to collect Tuesday night.

By Becky Kiser
Hays Post

The annual food drive organized by the Hays High School DECA club was underway Tuesday evening in Hays.

Community volunteer are participating in “Trick Or Treat So Others Can Eat,” walking door-to-door collecting donations of non-perishable food items for the Community Assistance Center, 12th and Oak.

The collected items are then taken to the CAC where more volunteers sort the food into several categories, including “canned meats” and “cake mixes,” and then stack the donations on the pantry shelves.

Hays resident Megan Wilkerson set out a grocery bag of “canned corn, some yummy chicken Alfredo and tuna” on her porch Tuesday evening before leaving for a class.

“I think everybody deserves to eat,” she said.

High DECA has organized the event since 1985, according to DECA sponsor Shaina Prough.