Scouting for Food

Scouting for Food is a nationwide event for Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts.  Food is collected by individual scouts and donated to a local shelter or food distribution center.  In years past, Pack 556 has always donated to House of Hope, which is located at 16330 Los Gatos Blvd.

This job is short-lived.  It requires a few hours in October and November.

Your responsibilities include:

• In October, coordinating with House of Hope for food delivery day (typically scheduled for the last weekend in November)

• Obtain several hundred “door hangers” from the council office.  These are typically available in October.  Call the office to see when they have any:  408-638-8300

• Put them in bundles of 15, with an instruction sheet, for each scout.

• Announce food collection dates/process to scouts and their families at the November pack meeting

• Distribute door hanger bundles to the scouts at the November pack meeting

• Get scout volunteers to weigh food at the collection point

• Coordinate drivers to haul food from collection point to House of Hope on the day of delivery

• Coordinate volunteer parents and scouts to unload the food at the House of Hope and stock shelves