Samantha Roylance shares Food Brings Hope story
December 3, 2020 - Daytona Beach News-Journal USA TODAY NETWORK
ABOUT THIS SERIES: Founded in 2007, Food Brings Hope provides afterschool programs in 27 schools in Volusia County and two in Flagler County. The programs provide at-risk students opportunities to improve grades, have fun, and receive nourishing food. Throughout the holidays, The News-Journal is highlighting the program by publishing the stories of some of its young participants. For more information, visit foodbringshope.org.
Samantha Roylance is my name and this is the first year I have been in FBHonors at Westside. I have been a student at Westside since second grade. Being in FBHonors helps me to learn more in math and science, which are two of my favorite subjects.
When I think of Food Brings Hope, I think of hope, kindness and thankfulness. Everyone is kind in FBHonors, and I made three new friends since I joined. I am thankful that I get the extra help after school in math and science because it will help me when I grow up. Most people don't want to be what I want to be when I grow up which is a marine biologist.
We haven't been able to go on any FBH field trips yet this year, but we are hoping to go on a field trip to a marine lab at the end of the school year. There, we will get to snorkel and attend classes to learn more about marine life. This experience will help me learn more about being a marine biologist, too.
For Christmas it would be great to get tae kwon do lessons. I can't take lessons now because the lessons are at the same time as FBHonors plus they are very expensive. I hope sometime I will be able to take these lessons. My family also feels that FBHonors is very special and important for me to attend.
All of the fifth-grade teachers are nice to me, and for Christmas, I wish I could get each of them a cool poster of something or someone they like.
