Here’s an inspiring story from Webster Schroeder High School about a clever charitable event which brought the school community together to benefit local food cupboards.
It was called a “shopping cart parade,” and even though it happened last March, I thought that since the new school year is rapidly approaching, it would be timely reminder of the great things our students are doing for the Webster community.
As part of the Schroeder’s “One Warrior Week,” members of the school’s National Honor Society wanted to come up with some kind of donation event. But just putting collection boxes all around the school, or even something like making a canned food pyramid didn’t make the cut. They wanted to do something different, to really get their fellow students excited and involved.
What they came up with was a decorated shopping cart parade.
The first step was to secure 20 shopping carts, and Wegmans was more than happy to help. Then they spread the word through social media and encouraged the school’s clubs and athletic teams to decorate the carts as creatively as they could. The results were whimsical, original, artistic, and definitely fun.
Then, of course, they were all paraded down the hall to the cheers of their fellow students, who stepped up to the challenge and filled them with donations for Webster NY Hope and the Warrior Care Cupboard.
WROC Channel 8 posted a story about the event (the photos here are from that video). Click here or on any of the photos to see it.
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(posted 8/25/2025)
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