Scouting for Food

Scouting for Food is largest single-day canned food drive in our region.

Scouts learn the values of citizenship and community service by helping thousands of families in need around the San Francisco Bay Area.

Scouts distribute door hangers throughout their local neighborhoods on Saturday, November 4th, and return the following Saturday, November 11th, to collect bags filled with canned goods. Local scout units are assigned a neighborhood area to place door hangers and collect the food.

Each year, Scouts, parents and leaders collect enough food to assist approximately 300 distribution partners & pantries throughout the Bay Area with a four-month supply of food.

Scouting for Food is the largest one-day food drive in the Boy Scouts of America. This annual event started in 1988 here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Scouting for Food has expanded to other Councils across the country. More than 43 million items have been collected since 1988. Scouts in the San Francisco Bay Area collected more than 112,000 lbs (56 tons) of food donations during last year's drive.

So, if you received this door hanger on your door, be sure to place nonperishable goods in a recycled bag or box, attach the door-hanger and place it outside in view of the street by 9am on Sat Nov 11 (no glass or open containers or perishable foods).

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E-MAIL Contact: michael.andrews@scouting.org