A Volusia County school is celebrating the huge success of its annual food drive.

The Ivy Hawn Charter School of the Arts in Lake Helen collected 9,615 non-perishable food items during its fifth annual canned food drive this month, more than four times the amount collected last year.

On Monday, students packed up the food in boxes and bags and took all the food collected to the Outside the Gates food pantry in Lake Helen.

The collected goods filled the stairwell at the school. (Ivy Hawn Charter School of the Arts)