The Hiss-Sherman School Competition heated up again this year for Wheatland Electric’s annual Cram the Van food drive. Students from nine Great Bend schools participated in a friendly food drive competition, once again collecting more cash and can donations than in previous years for a total of 9,810 pounds during October and November 2021.

Beginning in 2017, the Hiss Sherman Wealth Management Group has generously sponsored this event by awarding the three top collecting schools with cash prizes, incentivizing more students to participate every year. All proceeds were delivered straight to the Community Food Bank of Barton County in Great Bend, just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Along with the schools, the community of Great Bend collected a total of 11,132 pounds of food. This year’s collection brings the combined eight-year total in Great Bend to 42,783 pounds. That’s over 21 tons of non-perishable food items donated since the program’s inception in 2014. 

Wheatland Electric collected cash and can donations at the Great Bend Women’s Expo on Sept. 28, as and brought the big red van to the grand opening of the new Great Bend office on Oct. 25. Monetary donations were also made online for the second year in a row.