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title: "North Delta Secondary students aim to collect 3,200 food items for Deltassist"
description: "Student leaders at North Delta Secondary are running their eighth annual food drive, with a goal of 3,200 non-perishable items for Deltassist Family and Community Services. Donations are accepted through December 16."
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last_updated: "2026-11-06T17:10:36.712Z"
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Student leaders at North Delta Secondary School are collecting non-perishable food for Delta families, with a goal of 3,200 items by December 16, the North Delta Reporter reported.

The eighth annual BAM Community Care Drive runs through December 16, 2026, accepting donations in the school's main foyer each morning before school and at lunchtime. The drive benefits Deltassist Family and Community Services Society, which provides food support to families in need across Delta.

The 3,200-item goal is 1,000 items above what students collected in 2025, according to the North Delta Reporter.

## About the BAM program

The drive is organized by members of Brandon's All-Star Mentors (BAM), a student leadership program at North Delta Secondary School (NDSS). The program was founded to honour Brandon Bassi, an NDSS alumnus who played soccer for Simon Fraser University and died aged 19 following a car crash in Surrey in 2019, one year after finishing high school, the North Delta Reporter reported.

A key part of the BAM program is the mentorship members provide to Grade 6 and 7 students moving into high school, helping to ease that transition. Program sponsors are teachers at NDSS, but the students run the program and make its decisions.

"We encourage students to leave NDSS better than they found it and to take responsibility for making their community stronger," one of the program's teacher sponsors told the North Delta Reporter.

## Most-wanted donations

The most-wanted items for the 2026 drive, according to the North Delta Reporter, include: diapers, baby food and formula, rice and grains, canned foods and soups, instant coffee and tea, pasta, sugar, flour, and packaged snacks.

## How to donate

Delta residents who want to help can bring any non-perishable food item to North Delta Secondary School's main foyer every school morning before class or at lunchtime through Tuesday, December 16, 2026.

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