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“Scouting for Food” is Scouting’s community stewardship project aimed at addressing the problem of hunger in the community in which we live and work, and is just one of many service projects conducted by Scouts annually across America.
Scouting for Food began in 1988 and is rooted in the very foundation of the Scouting movement. Through initiative and hard work, Boy Scouts have developed a framework that has helped local food pantries feed tens of thousands
of needy local residents with emergency aid.
See your District Scouting for Food Chairman or your District Director/Executive for bags/flyers and collection details.
Thank you for your commitment to organize Scouting for Food within your pack or troop.
Yours in Scouting,
David Harrier
Larry Rutledge
Scouting for Food Chairmen, St Clair District
How to have a safe and successful drive
- Identify your unit's Scouting for Food Coordinator and have them coordinate with the District Scouting for
Food Chairman or District Executive.
- Coordinate food delivery date with the food pantry.
- Attend Roundtables to secure information on dates, food bags/flyers and campaign material.
- With the help of the District Scouting for Food Chairman, identify the territory your unit will conduct the
Scouting for Food Campaign. See unit maps below.
- All Scouts and adult leaders should be in uniform on food drive days.
- Determine an assemble place and time for bag/flyer distribution, food collection and delivery to the food pantry.
- Recruit adult help with vehicles for collection day to assist Scouts as they collect food door-to-door.
- Report food drive volunteer service hours for your youth and adults on BSA’s Good Turn for America
website.
- Bag/Flyer Distribution
- Distribution of bags/flyers with instructions for homeowners should begin at a specfic time.
- Assemble at your unit's meeting place early enough to brief scouts and adults on distribution of bags/flyers.
- Have enough vehicles for the number of boys participating and area to cover.
- Scouts are never to ride in the back of a pickup.
- Scouts should always wear safety belts while riding in a vehicle.
- All scouts should travel in groups of two (buddy system).
- Vehicles should stay as close to the boys as possible. It is advisable for adults to be on the
streets.
- Do not put bags/flyers in mailboxes.
- Bags/Flyers should be distributed to residents only. Avoid business or apartment dwellings with no
solicitation rules.
- Food Collection
- Do not enter any homes.
- Scouts are friendly and courteous to everyone they meet. Remember to thank people even if they don't contribute.
- Food should be turned in at your collection station at the predetermined time and location.
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