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Source  Gazette Extra

What do 20,000 pounds of food and 1,000 screaming students equal? A school visit by Backstreet Boy Nick Carter.

The students at Wilmot High School beat out 10 other area schools, most of which are significantly larger, to win a contest sponsored by WXSS 103.7 FM in Milwaukee by donating more than 10 tons of food for the needy.

The station co-sponsors the annual food drive of America's Second Harvest of Wisconsin.

"I'm a small-town kind of guy," said Carter, who was born in Jamestown, N.Y., and grew up in upper New York state and in a small Florida town.

"I know bigger schools usually get more benefits, so it's great that this small school won. It's amazing what they did," he said.

"It might be a small school, but they have big hearts out here."

The 22-year-old, part of the five-member boy band Backstreet Boys, released his solo release, "Now or Never" in November.

He sang eight songs during the 40-minute concert in front of 1,000 high school and grade school students and staff members.

"This is a small school. Having Nick Carter here is a really big deal," senior Tiffany Wagner said.

Sophomore Clair Caldwell returned home with a strip of sweat-stained towel.

"I'll never wash it," Caldwell said of the sweaty remnant, which was part of a full-sized towel that hung around Carter's neck before he tossed it into the crowd.

"We ripped it so more people could have a piece," Caldwell said. "It's so awesome."