Scouting for Foodis one of the Boy Scouts of America’s best known national service projects and is conducted by virtually every local Boy Scout council across the nation on an annual basis.  Locally, Scouts in Chattooga County will be collecting food this coming Saturday, February 11, 2023.

Scouting For Food was first conducted on a national level, as a National Good Turn, by the BSA in 1986 and collected more than 60 million food items in that year. An annual tradition, Scouting for Food rallies Scouts across the nation to collect food for local food banks.

The Scouting for Food Community Service Project teaches youth to “help other people at all times”.

Pack 38, Troop 7B, and Troop 7G will be collecting non perishable items thru a Drive Thru Collection site on Saturday Feb 11 from 10am till 12noon on Ralph Stanley Drive between the Scout Hut and the Tennis Courts.

The food collected will be donated to the Community Resource Center of Chattooga County.

Here is a list of most needed items:

• Canned fruit and vegetables• Canned tuna, chicken or salmon in water• Canned or dried beans, peas or lentils low sodium• Whole grain pasta and flour• Brown rice, barley, quinoa• Whole grain cereal• Shelf-stable milk dairy, soy, rice, etc.• Natural peanut butter plastic containers only• Olive or canola oil plastic containers only• Paper Products• Diapers & Toiletries