msnowman Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 I was just looking at our council's calendar (they finally got the on-line version updated) and noticed that they have changed the date for Scouting for Food from November to February.....I was wondering if this was a National, Regional or merely Council thing. YiS Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGreyEagle Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 In the Council I serve, its always been the first two weekends in November, maybe the thought is that being in Maine travel will be easier in February? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babybear4747 Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 In the Greater St. Louis Area Council it is the 2nd and 3rd sat in Nov., same as always Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msnowman Posted September 12, 2006 Author Share Posted September 12, 2006 Goodness I hope that isn't the belief for changing it OGE. As cold as early November can be at least we are not buried in snow and wind chills. The ground is still (usually) bare and you can let the boys walk between houses....gonna be a whole lot harder to convince them (and their parents) that they want to get out of the car at all, let alone walk anywhere in knee deep snow (waist on a small Tiger) and 25 degree temps. Mmmm, maybe someone from away picked the date for us...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwd-scouter Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 Our Council always has SFF drive first two weekends in February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGreyEagle Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 My father is from The Forks, near Caratunk. When he was a boy his mother, nine months pregnant at the time, went a visiting a relation that lived in Dover, New Hampshire. While she was there she started to have her contractions. Try as they might, Uncle Rodney was born in New Hampshire, a quarter mile from the Maine border. Through his entire life he was never able to hide the shame that he was from away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutNut Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 We do our Scouting for Food the second Saturday in May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxieman Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Pine Tree Council (southwestern Maine) does theirs in November. I'd love to see them move it to February. Why? Because that is when the food pantries hurt the most. Everyone thinks of them during the holidays, but everyone immediately forgets them after the first of the new year. Feb to March tends to be the toughest times for the food pantries. Remember, it's not about the weather, its about helping those in need and their needs don't end when the holidays do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxieman Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Pine Tree Council (southwestern Maine) does theirs in November. I'd love to see them move it to February. Why? Because that is when the food pantries hurt the most. Everyone thinks of them during the holidays, but everyone immediately forgets them after the first of the new year. Feb to March tends to be the toughest times for the food pantries. Remember, it's not about the weather, its about helping those in need and their needs don't end when the holidays do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxieman Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Sigh, don't you love it when your system hiccups?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevejb Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 In our council we hand out the bags the last Saturday of September and pick them up the first Saturday of October. We have done it these weekends for many years. Steve B Scoutmaster, Troop 68, CMC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleWB Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Our Council does it in February. They have found that the food pantries get plenty of food early for Thankgiving and Christmas, from all the other food drives, and the pantries need the food most later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVCubDad Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Shenandoah Area Council has it scheduled for the 2nd and 3rd Saturdays in November. I like Moxieman's reasoning for moving it to February, although we could probably do it several times a year in our area and they'd still need more help. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle90 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Our counci8l does Scouting for Food the first two Saturdays in May, coordinating it with our local postal workers food drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr56 Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 My District does it the first and second Saturdays in December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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