Fighting hunger becomes more difficult each year as our county pulls together to help the unemployed and others living from paycheck to paycheck. Girls Engaged in Meaningful Service, an organization of sixth, seventh and eighth-grade girls at Veterans Memorial Middle School, took on this challenge and brought in a record-breaking 5,095 canned food items this month - a marked increase from their first drive in 2007 with 2,000 cans. Committed to making a difference for the less fortunate, GEMS dedicated the first two weeks in November to sponsor a school-wide canned food drive.