The deadline to make donations to this year’s Thanksgiving Food Drive is Nov. 8. The Food Drive, which is organized through Employee Connection, supports students and their families who are in SBCSS programs. Last year, there were close to 380 baskets sent out to students and their families. Your generous support is need this week to benefit students for the upcoming holiday.

Employee Connection is collecting cash/check and food donations with its following members at County Schools' administrative sites -- Brier (Kimberlee Bailey and Laura Campos), Desert/Mountain (Makenna Hultquest), Roy C Hill Education Center (Dan Evans), Support Center (Martha Ruedas) and West End (Chantel Avila).

Cash/check donations are strongly encouraged. Make checks for donations to Employee Connection. It costs about $35 to assemble one basket for a student's family.

The following items will be included in the baskets, for those who wish to make individual donations: stuffing; boxed potatoes; canned green beans, corn, cranberry sauce and yams; gravy, jello/pudding; brownie/cake mix; and juice.