BELMONT — For more than a week before Thanksgiving, Belmont Middle School students and staff got into the giving spirit with the 32nd annual Gobble Wobble.

While the week culminates with an event where students dress as turkeys, showing off their best bird calls and struts, there is something much larger at play. Each year, the school community sets a goal of collecting 2,000 pounds of food. This fall, students went above and beyond, and 10 homerooms gathered 3,093 pounds of food.

The winning class was made up of Dawn Stefan’s fifth graders, tallying 588 pounds. Each class collected at least 127 pounds for the St. Joseph Parish Food Pantry.

The pantry is located just a stone’s throw from the school, and the food was brought over each day. Father Marc Drouin made his annual visit to the

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