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10/20-28th Scouting For Food
Date: 10/20/06 - 10/28/06
Location: neighborhood
Each scout should deliver 2-12 bags in their neighborhood and return to pick up on Saturday, October 28th.
CANNED GOODS ONLY!!!
Annual Good Turn For America - "Scouting For Food"
Hunger is a severe problem in the United States for families with scarce resources. Children suffer most when limited family income must be used for other necessities like housing. With high cost of housing in our communities, this is a real everyday crisis. A well- balanced nutritional diet is not provided to ten of thousands of children right here in our communities. These families rely on charities like the Food-PATCH to provide them with a variety of food.
What is Scouting for Food?
It's a beginning solution to our area's hunger problems. And it's more. "Scouting for Food" is a food collection campaign to secure food for the hungry in Westchester and Putnam Counties in New York. The "Scouting for Food" campaign will involve a door-to-door food collection effort by Cub and Boy Scouts, and Food-PATCH. Any day and time between October 21st, through October 28th Scouts will distribute bags throughout their designated area On Saturday, October 21st. The filled bags will be collected by the Cub and Boy Scouts and carried to collection centers for boxing on October 28th. The food will then be picked up by Food-PATCH, the Westchester County food bank, which will make the food available to the needy.
What is the Need?
Hunger hurts. Approximately 200,000 families are now served by food pantries, soup kitchens and shelters in Westchester County alone. Hunger strikes all ages. The elderly, the disabled, the homeless, the unemployed, women and children all need food. In fact, approximately 36% of the clients of the Food-PATCH are children. This Good Turn is about "Kids helping Kids." Food shortages abound. Over 200 agencies rely on Food-PATCH as their primary source of food.
What is the Answer?
Hunger is a problem we can solve by working together. "Scouting for Food" offers a starting point to help our area's food bank's supply of food. If we increase the amount of food available, more people can be helped and those on emergency food supplies can receive food more often.
What Can You Do to Help?
A great deal. Let your district scouting for food chair or your district executive know that your unit is willing to help our neighbors here in Westchester and Putnam counties.
SCOUTING FOR FOOD BAGS ARE HERE!
You may pick up more bags for your den from Joe Cuiffo, or he will be happy to deliver them to you!
Joe Cuiffo
(914) 248-9413
E-Mail: chiffs@aol.com |
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