RememberSchiff Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 When does your unit participate in Scouting for Food? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle90 Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 We participate in May in conjunction with the US Post Office drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Builder Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 We do both SFF in Nov and the Post Office drive in May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutNut Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 We do a Halloween Foodraiser, collect at Thanksgiving, and participate in the Council Scouting for Food in May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwazse Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Our CO operates the community food pantry, pack and troop do their drives on different months. The boys have a hand in stocking and keeping things tidy. When times are tough, they will have an additional drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basementdweller Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Three times a year... April July November But it is not under Food for Scouting, But our CO's food pantry name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKdenldr Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Council's ssf April I think. This year a thanksgiving turkey drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hueymungus Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 SFF in our Council is Dec 5th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berliner Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 When I was ASM our boys didnt do "scouting for food" in the sense of collecting; the community service was done at a church packing and handing out food parcels (Church does this every week so some boys raked up a good amount of community service hours). Introduced SfF to my Scoutgroup in NZ - and to my biggest surprise my smallest cub, a wee lil tiny 6 year old, was the smartest and collected from his neighbours AND his school and brought in more food than the entire venture crew ^o^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwazse Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 When I was ASM our boys didnt do "scouting for food" in the sense of collecting; the community service was done at a church packing and handing out food parcels (Church does this every week so some boys raked up a good amount of community service hours). Introduced SfF to my Scoutgroup in NZ - and to my biggest surprise my smallest cub, a wee lil tiny 6 year old, was the smartest and collected from his neighbours AND his school and brought in more food than the entire venture crew ^o^ No surprise there. Venturer's are best used for logistics and muscle. Nothing like the "cute factor" of a cub to actually draw the donations. "Please, sir may I have some more?" Our older boys have figured this out, and at our grocery store location, they train the first-years to make the "first contact." Especially to the ladies. The big guys make a better impression on the collection side, when a mom-of-preschoolers might need help getting her shopping to the car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berliner Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 When I was ASM our boys didnt do "scouting for food" in the sense of collecting; the community service was done at a church packing and handing out food parcels (Church does this every week so some boys raked up a good amount of community service hours). Introduced SfF to my Scoutgroup in NZ - and to my biggest surprise my smallest cub, a wee lil tiny 6 year old, was the smartest and collected from his neighbours AND his school and brought in more food than the entire venture crew ^o^ It was more than the cute factor: he asked more people by asking all of his classmates. I say smart kid. V-C at the time was 5 boys and 1 girl, but they only asked their neighbours. But I agree with you otherwise. You seem to have smart older boys 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RememberSchiff Posted October 8, 2013 Author Share Posted October 8, 2013 We collect in Feb or March depending on weather. The collection is harder with snow, but need is greater. Some years, our PLC planned it during Scout Week which worked well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpstodwftexas Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Never heard of it in NWTC 587... Top Secret I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ding Dong Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Three times a year... April July November But it is not under Food for Scouting, But our CO's food pantry name. Lol. I bet there are some units that do that. Feed our scouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christineka Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Our cubs pass out the bags in February- or maybe March? It's spring-like anyway. The boy scouts collect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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