Don't forget to pick up your scouting for food bags at the Monday Pack meeting. Scouting for food is the most important service project that our pack does every year. Your scouts participation is essential!
Hello,
It's that time of year again. Time when we do a good
turn and help others by Scouting For Food. Scouting For Food” is Mecklenburg
County Council'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 project rooted in the very foundation
of the Scouting movement. Through initiative and hard work, the Boy Scouts have
developed a framework to help LOAVES & FISHES food
pantries feed needy local residents with emergency aid. Loaves and Fishes is a Charlotte-based food
pantry that collects and supplies food and groceries to people in crisis. It's
a non-profit organization working with volunteers and donations to end hunger
in our community.
Pack 33 has always collected several thousand pounds of
food. How many thousands of pounds will we collect this year? Can we beat that
other group down the street?? Which Den or Patrol will collect the most?
There are prizes to the top collectors!!! So, remember, it's all for a good
cause and you can have some fun doing it! The weather looks good....so
get scouting!
So what
do we do??
Download
and print the letters from this email or the website. You can customize
them with a picture of your scout! Attach them to the bags and then....
Take bags
and distribute the bags in your neighborhood with one of the letters attached
to it.
People
will then simply fill the bags with non-perishable food items (no glass items
please) and you will pick it up on Saturday morning, February 4 and return
all your bags back to Sardis Church between 10 and 12 on Saturday,
February 4.
We will
weigh it there and take it to the collection site.
All food
collected will go directly to feed our neighbors in need through Loaves &
Fishes’ network of 19 food pantries located throughout Mecklenburg
County.
ONE POUND
OF FOOD PROVIDES ONE MEAL FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR!!
Priority
food needs
include canned meats, canned pastas (such as SpaghettiO’s), canned fruit,
cereal and 100% fruit juice.
Please be
generous and help Scouts do a good turn by feeding the hungry in our community!
We will
need a few volunteers to help load the trailer between 10-12 on Saturday, Feb.
4. If you are able to help or have any questions, please contact Cathy Click at
pack33charlotte@gmail.com.
Thank you
for helping feed the hungry,
Cathy
Click
Scouting
for Food
