Community Corner
Scouting For Food 2017
Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts around the country are collecting food for those without, and need your help !
Begun in the mid 1980’s by the Greater Saint Louis Council of the Boy Scouts of America, Scouting for Food collects food at the community level to help those in need in those same communities. It has grown to become a nationwide phenomenon that now, almost 30 years later, collects tons of food for those in need. It is a program that epitomizes several of scouting’s core values; community service, youth leadership development and “Doing a Good Turn Daily. Individual scout units organize their food drives, often with senior scouts doing the planning and organizing their fellow scouts.
Already in progress, “Scouting For Food” collections will culminate in Suffolk County on Saturday, March 18th. On that date Cub Scout Packs, Boy Scout Troops, and Venture Crews in Matinecock District’s will bring the food they collected to John Glenn High School in Elwood (from 9 AM to 12 Noon) where it will be inspected, sorted, and distributed to local food pantries. When you see them, please help our scouts to help their neighbors by donating food. It all goes to local food pantries to be distributed to our neighbors in need.
For more information on Scouting for Food, or to find out how you can support scouts in your area, contact Liz Jumper at liz.jumper@scouting.org or by phone at 631-924-7000 x131.
