The honor brought with it a live broadcast from the West gym, beginning at 5 am.Lapeer West is in the lead in the Spirit Cup Challenge. The efforts of 143 West athletes to harvest squash at an Almont Farm last week alone brought in more than 30,000 pounds of food.
Last year students across Mid-Michigan helped raise more than 673,000 pounds of food to help the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan through the ABC-12 Spirit Challenge.
Students collect canned food and other non-perishable items. Cash donations also are welcome. Each dollar donated can be used to buy nine pounds of food. The students’ efforts last year provided food for people in 22 counties.
At the end of the school year, the school that donates the most food gets to claim the ABC-12 Spirit Cup trophy and keep it for a full year.For a look at photos from the spirited Friday morning rally at Lapeer West, go to: http://picasaweb.google.com/LapeerCS/WestSpiritCupChallenge#
The broadcast segments from ABC-12 are available at: http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/video?id=7753190
