ELIZABETH—Students at Benedictine Academy in Elizabeth began collecting food on Nov. 17 to donate to the Elizabeth Coalition for the Homeless. Young women at the all-female Catholic college prep high school were hoping to gather plenty of food items to donate in time for Thanksgiving.
Pictured are Academy student council officers (left to right): President Anika Dodson of Elizabeth; Treasurer Thanita Kennedy of Hillside; Secretary Natasha Ballah of Irvington; and Vice President Jordan Jenkins of Newark. The school’s student council organized the food drive.
