Watertown Scouts Deliver Food to Watertown Food Pantry

The following announcement was provided by the Watertown Boy Scouts:

On a warmer and sunnier than normal mid-November Saturday, eight local cub scouts worked in shifts in front of the Watertown Street Stop & Shop to "Scout for Food" for the Watertown Food Pantry. At the end of the day the Scouts had collected six shopping carts, brimming with food, estimated to weigh approximately 600 pounds. The Food was delivered later that day to the Watertown Food Pantry located at St. John’s Methodist Church on Mount Auburn Street.

We appreciate the efforts of organizations like Pack 30 Cub Scouts of Watertown in gathering substantial amounts of food items for the pantry, said Watertown Food Pantry Coordinator, Alfredo Bartolozzi.

“Requests for food assistance have increased substantially in Watertown over the past year and keeping up with the additional need is an ongoing challenge,” he said.

“Scouting for Food is a community service activity that benefits our community both by helping the Watertown Food Pantry and by engaging our Cub Scouts in helping others and learning to be empathetic and aware of the needs of people in our community," said Pack 30 Cub Master, John VanRyn. "Because of the generosity of customers of the Watertown Street Stop & Shop we delivered two cars full of food to the Food Pantry at the end of the day.” 

The Watertown Food Pantry currently serves more than 600 individuals monthly.