Scouting For Food

How can your unit participate?

PLEASE GO HERE to let us know you're participating or to get more information or ask for help

Some ways for your unit to participate in Scouting for Food include:

Door-to-Door collection

• On the first weekend of Scouting for Food, Cubs and Scouts distribute notices to let their neighbors know about the drive. On the second weekend, Scouts revisit those houses to pick up bags full of non-perishable food items (canned food, cereal, pasta, peanut butter, juice, etc.).

Point of Sale collection

• Food collection is carried out at the entrance/lobby of a grocery store. Scouts in uniform ask shoppers as they enter to purchase additional food items and drop them off as they exit the store. (For more detailed information about Point of Sale collection, click here)

Point of Sale monetary requests

• Monetary donations are requested by scouts at grocery stores, such as Acme Markets. There are some limited slots available for units to solicit donations at the Acme of Flourtown in November 2022. Please email here if you're interested

"Can-struction" and other patrol contests

• Patrol contests involving the collection and usage of canned food are another way to collect food. Food used in the contest should be donated by patrol members and their families, not drawn from any items collected in the community. CLICK HERE for examples of a patrol contest involving canned food.