H. Saxon Soner, 14, of Butler carries a box of donated food a the Stuff A Bus event last week. He volunteered his time to help collect food to keep hungry students fed in the upcoming school year.

Teary-eyed Karen Freeman pulled up to a large yellow school bus and dropped off an assortment of macaroni and cheese, ramen noodles, peanut butter and tuna.

“I can't stand the thought that kids don't have these things,” said Freeman, a Connoquenessing resident about the significance of her donation. “It makes you cry.”

The second annual Stuff A Bus event hosted by the Butler Area School District had the 300 block of North Washington Street bustling Tuesday with summer fun and people who donated to support the district's kindergarten through fourth-grade students in its Weekend Backpack program.

This an excerpt from a story in Friday's Butler Eagle.