Students at the Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School are helping to tackle hunger. During the week of Feb. 7-11, the youngsters at the Surf City school – which houses prekindergarten through second grade – collected cans of soup to donate to the St. Francis Food Pantry as part of a “Souper Bowl” effort that ran during the lead-up to Super Bowl LVI.

When they brought their cans to school, the students were instructed to select which team they believed would win the championship football game, and…