Boy Scouts to collect donations Oct. 10

Posted 10/7/20

The Boy Scouts of America will be holding their annual “Scouting for Food” donation drive during the first two weekends of October.

Scouts distributed collection bags on Oct. 4 to let …

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Boy Scouts to collect donations Oct. 10

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The Boy Scouts of America will be holding their annual “Scouting for Food” donation drive during the first two weekends of October.

Scouts distributed collection bags on Oct. 4 to let communities know about the drive. On Oct. 10, the scouts will revisit those homes to collect bags full of canned food and other non-perishable items.

The scouts ask that participating households have the food on their front step or other visible location by 9 a.m.

Troop 234 of Scouts BSA will be collecting bags in Wellman and Keota.

According to Gallup, one in six Americans struggle with hunger and do not know where their next meal will come from. There are food insecure families in every community.

Scouting for Food is the Boy Scouts’ nationwide service project to help stop hunger. It began as one scout’s service project in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1985. The project was adopted by the Boy Scout National Organization in 1988.