The weeklong contest ended Friday morning, when results were tabulated.
Amanda contributed 3,100 items, and Highview elementary brought in 1,667 items.
The schools collected canned soup, peanut butter, pasta and other nonperishable items for the Salvation Army of Middletown, located at 1735 S. University Blvd.
“Every single can will be put to good use,” said Gillian Harvey, captain of the Middletown Salvation Army Corps.
“It won’t take long for all of that food to go, that’s the sad thing,” Harvey said.
“But we are blessed that the community thinks of the Salvation Army.”
Nick King, a fourth-grade student at Amanda, contributed 600 items. He said his classmates were “very excited.”
“Everybody was saying, ‘We’re going to win, we’re going to win,’ ” Nick said.
Both building principals were proud of both schools’ ambitions.
“I had parents asking me, ‘Where are we at with Highview?’ ” said Candy McIntosh-Dillon, Amanda principal.
Joy Stokes, the principal of Highview elementary, focused on the essence of the competition.
“Bottom line is, this is for a good cause,” she said.
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