Scouting for Food 2010
The need is great we need you and your Scouts to answer the call.

Scouts across America have taken part in nation wide efforts to help those in need since the early 1900’s. In 1912 they promoted a “Safe and Sane Fourth of July.” In 1918 they sold more than $200 million of Liberty War bonds and stamps, and collected nut hulls and peach pits for gas masks. Scouts collected rubber and scrap metal during World War II, led a get out the vote effort in the 1950’s, promoted the 1980 census, conducted a Donor Awareness Campaign in 1986 and started Scouting for Food in 1988. Scouting for Food is still going strong.

In 2009 Scouts from Great Rivers Council collected more than 100,000 pounds of food from generous donors, which fed hungry people across central Missouri in March, April and May.

We’ll do it again on March 6, 2010. Join us.

• Contact your district food drive coordinator to select your collection area.
• Select the food pantry where you want to take your collected food.
• Participate in the 100 Item Creation Contest.
• Consider staffing a collection booth at C & R Markets or Gerbes if you have one near where your unit meets.
• Determine the number of homes in your assigned area.
• Distribute news releases to local media.
• Attend your February roundtable to pick up door tags.
• Set a date to distribute door tags (between February 27 and March 4).
• Return to your collection area on March 6 to pick up food donations. Count them and deliver them to the food pantry. Did you qualify for membership in the 2010 Club? If so you’ll earn a special 100th Anniversary ribbon for your flag.
• Buy food drive patches to recognize your Scouts for a job well done.

Sponsors providing support for Scouting for Food include:

Media Sponsors: J. W. Broadcasting (ABC 17, My ZOU 32) and Zimmer Radio (The Eagle, Clear 99 plus seven other radio stations).

Retail Sponsors: C & R Markets, Gerbes

Thank You everyone for your efforts in Scouting for Food!