Boy Scouts Continue Scouting for Food Legacy

City of Shelton Boy Scout Troops, and Packs are collecting cans of food at the Huntington Firehouse, 44 Church St, Shelton on Saturday, November 12, 2016 from 8:00 – 4:00. The food collected will be delivered to Spooner House.

Service to others is part of the Scout Oath “...to help other people...” and for 28 years Scouting for Food has grown into a major legacy program for the Boy Scouts of America and has become a point of pride for many Scouts across the nation. In addition to the joy of helping others, Scouting for Food also gives our young people a sense of responsibility, teaches leadership and gives additional meaning to the Boy Scout slogan of “Do a Good Turn Daily”. Scouting for Food is another way that the Boy Scouts builds character for America’s youth.

Scouting for Food started in 1988 as a two-year “National Good Turn” food-collection program, and is still going strong 28 years later. Hunger was identified in 1988 by Scouting as one of five “unacceptables” in our society (others were drug and child abuse, illiteracy and unemployment), and Scouting for Food, which was launched to meet the needs of the nation’s hungry. The Boy Scouts of America, Housatonic Council looks forward to continuing to help other people, and continuing the Scouting for Food legacy.