The Scout Law states that the “A Scout is Helpful”. By participating in a Scouting for Food program, Scouts come a step closer to fulfilling those words. In Chester County Council, packs, troops, and crews are involved with hundreds of Scouts to collect food and distribute to their local hungry neighbors.

The campaign in Chester County runs from the 2nd Saturday in November (11/11/2017) when the Scouts drop off bags on their neighbors doors, to the 3rd Saturday in November (11/18/2017) when they return to those same homes and pick up the bags. Once the bags have been picked up, count the total items and report the totals to Lauren Buckalew, then deliver them to a local agency that feeds the hungry in our community.

Pack 110 will deliver all of our collected food to the West Chester Salvation Army located at 101 E Market Street, West Chester, PA (Market & Walnut across from Mas restaurant – NOT the Salvation Army store next to Rubinstein’s).  Any scouts interested are welcome to spend some time at the Salvation Army location to help bring in and sort food donations.

We also encourage Scouts to include the bag letter with their donation bags to let people know where the bags are coming from and explain purpose of the food drive.