Helping Needy Families

Scouting for Food is a food collection effort carried out by Boy Scouts, Venturers, and Cub Scouts from your community. Food drives can be organized at the district level or by each individual unit as needed. Scouts
distribute food drive donation requests (flyers, notes, and/or bags) throughout a designated area and then return to collect grocery bags filled with donated food. The bags are collected and carried to local food
pantries, churches, shelters for the homeless, and other local agencies that feed the needy.

Scouting for Food is a project rooted in the very foundation of the Scouting movement. Through initiative and hard work, the Boy Scouts have developed a framework that can help local food pantries feed tens of thousands of needy local residents with emergency aid. It is up to the people of your community to make Scouting for Food a success.

Today many of you will have received a bag on your front door with instructions on the bag. Please remember to help others. You never know when or if you may need that same assistance.