by: Ed Murphy, District Chair

Scouting for Food is upon us!

This event is one of the most crucial service projects we provide for the counties and cities of our Council, providing great variety and additional food for the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank as it moves into the holiday season.

We will distribute flyers on the weekend of November 1st and/or 2nd (whichever day is most convenient for your unit) and pick up food on Saturday, November 8th.

Flyers are available for pickup at the Ed Murphy’s front porch; please email Ed for the address.

There is no need to call ahead. Just come get the flyers off the box on the porch. The box has markings on the side that you can use to measure out 200 flyers or 500 flyers. Please take only what you need so that there will be enough flyers for all our units.

The flyers are just that (they are not door hangers). David Storm said his units have had great luck stapling the flyers to plastic grocery bags. They have been able to get local grocery stores to donate the bags and have seen significantly larger donations.

Thanks for all you do for Scouting!