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As part of the Ontario Student Leadership Conference, students from London Central Secondary School fundraised for Second Harvest and together raised enough to provide more than 46,000 meals to community organizations with food programs across the country, including in their own city of London. "Since we go to a downtown school, we unfortunately are witness to people that go hungry each day,” shared Jack Flaherty, top fundraising student at London Central. “So, we wanted to help make a difference in our community by fundraising for Second Harvest. While fundraising door to door in our neighborhood, we found that having conversations about Second Harvest motivated us to continue raising money as people were very receptive of the cause.” Students were especially inspired by Second Harvest’s commitment to making sure nourishing food reaches people who need it, rather than let good food go uneaten as surplus. They also valued seeing how far each contribution could stretch. With every dollar providing five meals, students could clearly see the impact of their efforts in the fight against hunger.