{"id":227493,"date":"2026-04-11T11:07:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T11:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/227493\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T11:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T11:07:14","slug":"leon-high-students-stack-up-pbj-donations-for-10th-annual-pbj-plz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/227493\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon High students stack up PB&#038;J donations for 10th annual PBJ PLZ!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/page\/pbjplz\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/page\/pbjplz\/\">10th annual PBJ PLZ! donation drive<\/a> is in full swing, and in the first 9 days, the drive has already raised more than $12,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">As donations come in from the community, Leon County school children are bringing jars of peanut butter and jelly to school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">At Leon High School, students in a freshman leadership class have been going door to door each day to collect peanut butter and jelly that classmates have brought in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The class spearheads the drive each year, and usually collects hundreds of pounds of PB&amp;J to help hungry kids in the community. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cYou see all these brands, Skippy, Jiff and all that, we don\u2019t see any of that. We just see being able to feed people. Students of Leon High School helping, pitching in, and stuff like that,\u201d Leon High freshman Ja\u2019Michael Clary said. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Jars of PB&amp;J are collected at Leon High School for the 10th annual PBJ PLZ! donation drive.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EDTIQVOAXRDRBASLJA5TGG6HHQ.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Jars of PB&amp;J are collected at Leon High School for the 10th annual PBJ PLZ! donation drive.(Julie Montanaro\/WCTV)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">All the jars of peanut butter and jelly wind up stacked in the cage that surrounds the beloved Leon lion in the school lobby. 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