Boy Scouts' 25th Annual Scouting for Food Drive

Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts in North Haven are Collecting Donations for the North Haven Food Pantry.

Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts from North Haven are collecting non-perishable food items on Saturday, November 9, 2013 as part of their 25th annual "Scouting for Food" program to collect food for the needy.  If you received a bag or notice that food will be collected at your home, then please place a bag containing nonperishable food items (cans or boxes, no glass containers, please) at your mailbox or your front porch/step by 9:00 AM on Saturday, Nov. 9th.  The bags will be picked up before noon.  Notices/bags are being distributed the week of November 2nd.

If you did not receive a notice or missed the pickup for your area, you may bring your food donations on November 9th between 9:00 AM and Noon to the local collection site.  Boy Scouts will carry your donation from your car and sort the food by categories.  All food collected will be donated to a food bank in your town.  Last year, over 700 Scouts in the 5 towns of the Sleeping Giant district
collected over 33,000 pounds of food.  The need this year is especially high.

The North Haven donation site is the North
Haven Congregational Church, 28 Church St, 46 North Plains Industrial Road, Wallingford.

Participating in this annual food drive is part of the Sleeping Giant District’s commitment to the Good Turn for America program.  This program is a national call to service by the Boy Scouts of America to address the issues of hunger, homelessness, and poor health in our country.

For more information about the food drive, please contact the chairperson, Jim Racca at (203) 237-7556 or jamesracca@sbcglobal.net.

To find a unit near you or to get more information on scouting visit www.BeAScout.org  or ctyankeecouncil.org