Speech I Wrote about the Food Drive

Before I go, I wanted to talk to you all about the food drive. Every year, we have boxes set up in the cafeteria where you can donate non-perishable food items which will be given to the Calgary Food Bank, who in turn will distribute these resources to people in need. You see, many impoverished Calgarians don’t have the resources to provide for themselves or their families, and the food bank assists them in making ends meet. What might surprise you is that 4 in 10 of the people who go to food banks are people like you and I, who often find themselves starving everyday. More so, since the recession more and more people find themselves using the food bank. But enough of me spurting facts about the food bank, these people don’t deserve a scripted speech, lets be sincere here.

 What I’m here to do is urge you to donate to the food drive. Compared to Junior High and Elementary, Senior High has room for improvement. I know that in elementary you get points for bringing in donations, and in Junior High there is some other incentive, but doing the right thing shouldn’t need an incentive. Don’t get me wrong, I know it takes some effort on your part to go out and get items to donate. And you might think what difference can me bringing a few items truly have? The person next to me is probably going to bring cans, so what difference can I make. But it does make a difference for that one child, one parent, that one family. Every little thing you do adds up. You see, no great achievement was ever accomplished alone. It was achieved through the cooperation and contributions of each its members. So when you go home today and sit down at the dining table for dinner, think about those who are not as privileged as you. Think about those people who worry about what they’re going eat that night, those who are trying to survive. And think about how you have the potential to change that person’s world for one day by letting them go to bed feeling satisfied, feeling that someone cares about them to donate, feeling they’re not alone in their struggle to make ends meet. And boy, no incentive can ever compare to the feeling of knowing that you, through your actions, let one less child, parent, or family go not hungry. I urge you to look in your hearts, and donate, because at the end of the day, those boxes are going to be empty one way or another, but it’s up to us to decide how.