Scouting for Food
More than 1500 Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts performed a good turn for the hungry during the annual Scouting for Food service project in the Sioux Council last year. Scouts distributed bags and returned to collect thousands of canned goods.
The Scouting For Food service project benefits Sioux Council in many ways. First and foremost it helps collect food for may food banks that are in need of food. The program also helps collect unwanted reading glasses and used hearing aids for people who need them. It helps our scouts learn stewardship and in some cases it allows the scouts to work with their charter partners to fill their local food pantries.
"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. 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 bags throughout a designated area and then return to collect the 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 Scouting. Through initiative and hard work, the Boy Scouts have developed a framework that can help local food pantries feed needy local residents with emergency aid. It is up to the people of your community to make Scouting for Food a success. The Scouting for Food Campaign will continue to bring Scout units closer to their Chartered Organizations and communities by focusing their food campaign efforts on a pantry in their immediate area.
This year Sioux Council have bags available through your local District Executive. The official collection day for Sioux Council is October 23rd. Each town will be able to decide what day they want to distribute the bags to local residences so the homeowners can fill them and have them available for pickup the following Saturday morning.
This year we are asking that each unit count the amount of food collected and fill in the amount on the Scouting for Food patch order form. It is always good to know how much food we as a Council collect.
Patch Order Form