West Hartford students donate to food pantry through annual Red Wagon Trek NBC Connecticut [Video]

Students from Morley Elementary in West Hartford are giving back through the school’s 30th annual Red Wagon Trek.

“I have three. One will be walking here today. Two are in fifth grade, so they’ve already done this,” Courtney Otterbein, a parent from West Hartford, said.

Every year, parents and students from kindergarten to second grade donate nonperishable food items to the West Hartford Food Pantry.

The goal is to support those in need while teaching students a valuable lesson that will last them a lifetime.

“They’re 5 and 6. We love to start on a good foot that they are a part of a bigger community, to help each other even when it’s hard,” said Maribeth Hixson, a teacher at Morley who is also one of the coordinators of the Red Wagon Trek.

Hundreds of students and dozens of parents, teachers, and chaperones fill red wagons with the nonperishable items …