The Health Professions Club held their annual Holiday Food Drive, with donations coming from Box Butte General Hospital and Alliance High School employees and students.

Nursing Administration Secretary Tammy Griffee (at left) and former HPC member Ashlynn Bauer, who is now in her first year of study at Southeast Community College in Lincoln. They were the first to arrive Tuesday afternoon to bag enough food for 30 families in Alliance, totaling 101 individuals. The list of families in need was provided by Just Neighbors, Gene & Micki Aruffo.

Others helping with the Food Drive were: Leslie Hulquist, Amber Smith (both from Medical Imaging); Seth Hulquist; Krista Nelson in Accounting; Skyler Ryan, HPC member from Hay Springs; and Tessa Benson and Oliva Vogel, HPC members from Alliance.

Each family received food items for a traditional holiday meal, plus a wide variety of other items.

The drive also collected $738, which was used to purchase additional food. The items were divided according to the size of each family, which ranged from one person families to one family of eight.  In addition, the Box Butte Health Foundation donated meat certificates for the families. The items were divided according to the size of each family, which ranged from one person families to one family of eight.