People who run food panties will say that it is not difficult to get people to donate during the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas. They say it’s the other 11 months that are hard.

A group of Bergen County fifth graders are helping to meet that need.

As part of a service project, kids at Willard Elementary in Ridgewood donated hundreds of pounds of fresh produce. All of it is going to Table to Table.

And it’s not just food either. The kids also wrote messages on cards to try and lift spirits. All of it was brought over to the Ridgewood Senior Center. The seniors certainly appreciated it.