The Loyalty Club at Lake Washington High School recently collected several thousand pounds of food and household items for Hopelink as part of its annual Holiday Baskets, a school-wide effort to help those in need.

The school also raised $3,000 to benefit the organization.

In November, club members collected donations at various grocery stores.

“It’s a tradition that we’ve done,” said Jessica Lund, club president, who helped to organize the event, along with students May Morales and Lisa Bui. “It’s pretty cool and it gets a lot of people involved.”

Loyalty Club members, joined by staff and other students, loaded the bags of goods into a Hopelink truck on Dec. 15 at the school.