Creekside Elementary teacher Jeff Peterson accepted delivery Tuesday of his prize in Kellogg's Pop-It Forward contest.
Earlier this week we told you about Creekside Elementary School teacher Jeff Peterson, who won 100,000 Pop-Tarts for his school-based charity, Creekside Cares. Every week, the program fills between 85 and 95 backpacks full of non-perishable food and personal care items for needy students at a half dozen schools. He sent these pictures of the truck containing his Pop-Tarts prize, which dropped off a portion at the school on Tuesday before bringing the rest to a Kellogg's plant in Battle Creek, Mich., for storage. They will transport more of the breakfast pastries to Creekside as Peterson needs them. Below is an excerpt of the note he sent to supporters along with the photos: "Here are the pics from the Pop-Tarts delivery on Tuesday! …
Jeff Peterson will use the toaster pastries he won in a contest to feed hungry families through his Creekside Cares program.
Were you to line up 100,000 Pop-Tarts end to end, you’d create a 9.5-mile toaster pastry trail that would start at Plainfield Village Hall and end at the Rialto Square Theatre in downtown Joliet. More practically speaking, it's enough to fill 48 pallets in a semi-truck. And that's exactly what's going to be delivered to Creekside Elementary School at around 4 p.m. Tuesday. Teacher Jeff Peterson, winner of Kellogg's Pop-It Forward Contest, will take receipt of his 100,000 Pop-Tarts prize. Peterson founded and oversees the Creekside Cares backpack food program, which every week fills backpacks full of nonperishable food items and toiletries for 85 to 93 students in need at his school, Lakewood Falls and Thomas Jefferson elementary schools, …
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Julie Triphahn
8:50 pm on Thursday, March 24, 2011
What a great story! Thank God for caring teachers like Mr. Peterson :) more ›