2014 Scouting for Food Summary

I want to thank all of the scouts, leaders, parents and siblings for their support of this annual program.  While it can be tiresome, boring 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.

This year, Pack 155 collected 1,853 food items weighing in a 1,990 lbs. To put this in another perspective we collected a “ton of food”, all of which was donated to the food bank at St. John’s Lutheran Church who works closely with Saints United Lutheran Church (our Chartered Organization) to provide meals to those who can’t afford them in 9 different zip codes.

We had a total of 32 scouts, 6 siblings, 34 adults, and 2 member of Venturing Crew 1776 participate in this service project with us. Over the two weekends combined, Pack 155 completed 277 service hours.

Not only should the scouts be commended for their tremendous efforts but a hearty thank you goes out to all of the parents, siblings and others who helped to make this annual food drive a success. 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 had a great time while performing a good turn and they most certainly did their best.

Thank You to everyone involved.