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Scouting for Food is an ongoing annual program of the Boy Scouts of America, [1] begun in 1985 by the Greater Saint Louis Area Council. [2] The program involves collecting for local food banks. It is organized at the local level throughout the country.
26 paź 2023 · Scouting for Food was officially launched by Boy Scouts of America in 1985, making it over three decades old. It began as a simple but powerful idea: Scouts and their families would go door-to-door in their neighborhoods, collecting non-perishable food items to be distributed to local food banks.
30 paź 2015 · That’s the genesis of Scouting for Food, the annual food-collection drive run by your local council. It’s another reminder to our local communities that Scouts are here, doing good turns.
Scouting for Food is the largest food collection event in the nation. Approximately 300,000 Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, Venturers, friends, familiy and other volunteer go door-to-door collecting non-perishable food items for the less fortunate.
Scouting for Food began in St. Louis in 1985 as a council-wide service project. Starting in 1988, it became a national BSA program. Today, many councils across the country participate, collectively gathering hundreds of thousands of pounds of shelf-stable goods for food-disadvantaged residents of their local communities.
15 gru 2015 · Hunger was identified by Scouting at that time as one of five “unacceptables” in our society (others were drug and child abuse, illiteracy and unemployment), and Scouting for Food was launched to meet the needs of the nation’s hungry. Our Scouts collected more than 60 million food items the first year.
12 mar 2022 · Food scouting focuses on the search for and characterization of three main kinds of commodities: local food ingredients (e.g., wild and domesticated species), recipes, and artisanal foods. The Ark of Taste focuses on the former and the latter.
