I want to thank all of the scouts, leaders, parents and siblings for their support of this annual program. While it can be tiresome and seem trivial on the surface this program goes a long way to to helping families who worry about where their next meal will come from.
Last year, the Pack collected 2,627 items weighing in at 2,254 lbs. This year the pack collected 2,208 items weighing in at 2,604 lbs. To put this in another perspective we collected an entire trailer full of food that weighed 1.3 tons. We gave almost 500 pounds to the local Catholic Social Services pantry and the remainder when to the food bank at St. John’s Lutheran Church that works closely with Philabundance.
Not only should the scouts be commended for their tremendous efforts but a hearty thank you goes out to all of the parents that helped in many ways. Some walked with a group of kids, others followed behind with a vehicle to collect food items, while others helped unload, count and sort the food. All of the cub scouts and siblings had a great time and all of our cubs most certainly did their best.
We had a total of 24 scouts, 6 siblings and 26 adults (leaders included) participate in this service project. All combined, over the two weekends, the pack netted 341 hours of community service.
Congratulations and Thank You to everyone involved.
Way to go!!!