The 2011-12 Pickle Elementary Penguin Spirit Squad organized a week-long canned food drive to help ring in the holidays and give back to the community.

The cheerful squad asked the entire school to collect can foods to benefit the Brown Santa Program, a community service program of the Travis County Sheriff's Office. By working together, students collected 1 1/2 barrels of food.

Congratulations to the entire squad and their sponsors Thelma Ramirez and Julie Leyva!

About the Brown Santa Program: Brown Santa is a community service program of the Travis County Sheriff's Office, and the many sponsors and volunteers who make it happen each year. Brown Santa helped 1828 families in the 2010 season for a total of almost 20,000 men, women and children. Learn more >.