Amarillo Children’s Home Donations

Amarillo High School students have already started their 91-year Food and Fund Drive tradition, raising over 14 thousand dollars, along with shelf-stable food donations.

AHS Student leaders delivered and unloaded the donated items to the Amarillo Children’s Home.

The program started in 1933 with the students providing financial support, and help to provide safety, shelter, and basic needs for foster children in ACH’s care.

Around 20,000 cans of food help feed between 55 to 100 children living family-style with House Parents in cottages near the Bowie Street campus. The drive helps offset grocery expenses for up to an entire year.

Amarillo High School helps keep a tradition alive started by AHS faculty, Vera Davis Shinn, in 1932. Her legacy lives on to support the foster care community and impact the lives of many children, according to the release.