Scouting for Food
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Scouting for Food is an ongoing annual program of the Boy Scouts of America,{{Cite web|url=https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2015/10/30/what-is-scouting-for-food/|title=What is Scouting for Food?|first=Bryan|last=Wendell|date=October 30, 2015|website=Bryan on Scouting}} begun in 1985 by the Greater Saint Louis Area Council.{{cite web| url = http://www.stlbsa.org/programs/sff/Pages/Scouting-for-Food.aspx| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101030021910/http://www.stlbsa.org/programs/sff/Pages/Scouting-for-Food.aspx| url-status = dead| archive-date = 2010-10-30| title = STLBSA Scouting for Food}} The program involves collecting for local food banks. It is organized at the local level throughout the country.{{cite web| url =http://www.northjersey.com/community/announcements/121756903_Pack_45_collects_food_for_St__Mary_s_Church_pantry.html | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121002153415/http://www.northjersey.com/community/announcements/121756903_Pack_45_collects_food_for_St__Mary_s_Church_pantry.html | url-status =dead | archive-date =2012-10-02 | title = Pack 45 collects food for St. Mary's Church pantry}}
Scouting for Food is a project rooted in the very foundation of the Scouting movement and its dedication to implement the Scout Slogan and do a good turn daily.{{cite web | url =http://www.longhorncouncil.org/uploads/df/df051deb-3750-4bdd-bf7d-b1839e60cf13.pdf | title =SFF Background | access-date =2011-09-26 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20111218190049/http://www.longhorncouncil.org/uploads/df/df051deb-3750-4bdd-bf7d-b1839e60cf13.pdf | archive-date =2011-12-18 | url-status =dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://scoutingwire.org/scouting-for-foods-legacy-of-service/|title=Scouting for Food's Legacy of Service|date=December 15, 2015|website=Scouting Wire}}
In some areas, the drive is called "Food for Families," or "Canning Hunger."{{Cite web|url=https://www.kwtx.com/content/news/In-the-Boy-Scout-world-this-Food-For-Families-stalwart-is-a-superstar-500724141.html|title=In the Boy Scout world, this Food For Families stalwart is a superstar|first=Paul J.|last=Gately|website=www.kwtx.com|date=16 November 2018 }}
Background
Each year, local Cub and Boy Scouts leave plastic bags for their neighbors soliciting canned food items. One week later, the Scouts return to pick up and deliver the bags of food to a local food bank.
The donations will usually be delivered directly to the local food bank that day. The annual collection is usually done during the month of November.
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External links
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Category:Boy Scouts of America
Category:Charity events in the United States
Category:Food banks in the United States
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