Students from the Yazoo City Alternative School and McCoy Elementary School, along with the Parent Liason, pose for a moment with Joann Younger of the Manna House. Students from both schools, along with Webster Elementary School, will now collect teddy bears until Dec. 15 for foster children.Students from the Yazoo City Alternative School and McCoy and Webster Elementary Schools were eager to donate hundreds of can goods to the Manna House for those less fortunate. Rasheem Morris and Chaderion Henderson help to sort out the can goods collected by students for the Manna House.Special to The Herald

The Yazoo City Alternative Learning Center, in conjunction with McCoy and Webster Elementary Schools, joined together in having a canned food drive Oct. 10-Nov. 17.
The theme of the drive was “A Season of Giving.” The schools combined to give over 2,500 non perishable food items, 2,548 plastic plates, 900 plastic cups, 1,150 napkins, and over 2,850 eating utensils.
The schools are asking the public to assist them with their annual Teddy Bear Drive. The drive began Dec. 5 and will end on Dec. 14, benefiting the Department of Human Services’ Foster Children. Anyone wishing to donate a new teddy bear can drop the bear off at the Alternative School, Webster or McCoy Elementary Schools.
Please call Principal John Holmes at 662-746-0985 for more information.
Lastly, the Alternative Learning Center will have its annual Christmas Program on Dec. 14 at 10 a.m. in the Woolfolk Cafetorium.  
The public is invited to attend. The theme is “Christmas in Many Lands.”