The students of St. Wenceslaus Catholic School in New Prague made a "human food chain" Wednesday, despite temperatures which hovered around zero.
"It's really cold," said a bundled-up student.
"My oldest daughter is in sixth grade and she still says, 3,326 I think that's what it was, I don't know she kept repeating it and repeating it so this is just great," said mother of two Renee Brod, who looked in amazement at a food chain two blocks in length.
The kids set out to donate more than 3,000 cans of food, ten cans per student and each donation passed through the hands of each student in honor of Catholic Schools Week.
The kids stood together, an arms length apart, starting at their school's doors and ending at the Peace Center, the community's food shelf.
"I think it's just about the most beautiful thing that any school has ever done, for the people in this community," said Peace Center volunteer Agnes Kragochvil.
The food chain is such a success, the school plans to make it an annual event.
However, next time they'll do it in the fall or spring rather than the middle of winter.
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