BRUNSWICK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL seventh-grader Margaret Dickinson, 12, passes a can down the line toward the cafeteria Wednesday as she and her classmates box up 381 items for the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program. Seventh-graders spearheaded the school-wide food donation drive, which launched just after Thanksgiving.

BRUNSWICK JUNIOR HIGH School seventh-grader Chaz Wing, 12, boxes up a few of 381 food items collected by members of his class Wednesday. In addition to collecting edibles, students also studied the issue of hunger on local, statewide and international scales.

BRUNSWICK JUNIOR HIGH School seventh graders celebrate after doubling their food drive goal Wednesday, collecting 381 items.