DuBourg puts new twist in food drive

Submitted on April 20, 2011

Barbara Watkins | bwatkins@archstl.org

Bishop DuBourg High School students Maggie Weathers, Becky Warren, Maddie Moran, Laura Engel, Claire Conroy and Grace Butz began the task of removing cans from President Kirk Boschert’s office on April 18. DuBourg students collected 5,000 cans of food for local food pantries during Lent and relocated them to Boschert’s office, “canning the president,” during an April 15 Starvation Awareness Overnight.

Rebecca Venegoni Tower

Don't worry about Kirk Boschert, the president of Bishop DuBourg High School in South St. Louis. When the students and faculty said they were going to "can the president," they weren't threatening his job. Instead, the students piled up 5,000 canned food items — collected during a Lenten drive for two local food pantries — in Boschert's office, blocking the entrance. It was a humorous take on a very serious problem, hunger. The DuBourg students, led by their student council, have been working hard to help people close to home get enough to eat.