Schools in the Snoqualmie Valley School District are raising money and collecting donations for the annual Foodball food drive.

Mount Si High School, Cascade View Elementary, Fall City Elementary, North Bend Elementary, Opstad Elementary and Snoqualmie Elementary are all taking part in the event, which is organized annually by the Mount Si community relations committee. The North Bend QFC and Safeway stores are also involved.

The donation goal for the year is 15,000 pounds of food. All food donations will be weighed and added to the total, and every dollar of cash donated is equivalent to 1.5 pounds of food. All food and money collected will be donated to local food banks and charity organizations.

In the project’s first Fill the Truck event, Saturday, Nov. 22, volunteers collected 2,572 pounds of food.

The next Fill the Truck event is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 13, at the North Bend Safeway.

Food and money will also be collected at area schools through Friday, Dec. 19.