Boy Scouts Collect Food for Local Communities

Residents of Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties should have received bags with a Boy Scouts of America logo hanging from their doors or sitting on their porch as the scout troops continue their annual food drive to help feed local communities.

The scouts hope that residents will drop cans of food in those bags for the boys to pick up on Saturday, Nov. 16.

Scout troops from Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties comprise the scouts’ Cradle of Liberty council, which last year brought in more than 312,000 cans of food from their Scouting for Food Project.

On Nov. 9, boy scouts in the region walked through neighborhoods attaching bags to doors or porches. The bags have boy scout logos and instructions for the residents, who are encouraged to drop canned goods into the bags, which the scouts will collect on Nov. 16.

The scouts ask that the residents place the filled bags outside for them on the night of Nov. 15. 

The food that the scouts collect will feed their own communities. 

For information about joining the boy scouts, visit beascout.org.