The ASB is hosting several charity drives in the spirit of the holidays that will run up until Dec. 22.

The charities include One Warm Coat, Second Harvest Food Drive, Gifts for Teens and the Family Giving Tree. Students and parents are encouraged to bring in new and used coats of all sizes, canned foods, new toiletries, makeup, hairbrushes, toothbrushes and other new cosmetic or hygienic items, as well as games, T-shirts, hand-held electronics, sports watches, movie tickets, CDs, cameras and food gift-certificates.

There are also Family Giving Tree cards that have a child’s specific Christmas wish. The cards can be picked up in the main office and the unwrapped gift and card can be dropped off in the main office as well.

All items can be dropped off in the main office unwrapped and in either a new or gently used condition. Canned foods can be dropped off in bins in both the main office and students’ corresponding class advisers’ rooms. The cans dropped off in the class advisers’ rooms will be counted as class points that contribute to the class competition.

ASB has been hosting One Warm Coat, Family Giving Tree and the Second Harvest Food Drive for several years,and decided to sponsor Gifts for Teens this year as well.

“We decided to also sponsor Gifts for Teens because its focuses on kids our age,” ASB president Anshu Siripurapu said.

According to Siripurapu, the ASB is hoping for school-wide participation in the drives.

“It’s important for a school as fortunate as ours to give back to the community, especially at a time when a lot of people are struggling,” Siripurapu said.