TYLER, Texas (KLTV) – An East Texas academy joins in the effort to provide food to the needy.

On the campus of University of Texas at Tyler-Longview, university academy students joined in the effort to collect non-perishable food for the 38th annual Longview Food Drive. Students collected food over the past two weeks, and loaded it into a trailer on Thursday to be delivered to its distribution point at Maude Cobb Activity Center.

Academy teacher Jamie Hicks talks about the important lesson the kids learn by getting involved in the drive.

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