Scouts To Collect Food This Saturday
Nov 12, 2010 12:53 - 0 Comments
Posted by: Cindy Cotte Griffiths
Department: Events In Rockville,News
Tags: announcements, What You Can Do
Department: Events In Rockville,News
Tags: announcements, What You Can Do
If you received a bag on your doorknob last Saturday from the Boy Scouts, please fill it with food and place it by your front door by 9 AM this Saturday, November 13, 2010. The Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts will be coming around to collect the food donations.
Suggested items include:
- peanut butter
- tuna fish
- canned fruits and vegetables
- shelf-stable milk
- canned tomato sauce
- beans
- macaroni and cheese
- soup
- cereal
- oatmeal
- rice
- pasta
- baby food
- other canned meat and fish and
canned pasta
Scouting for Food is a national effort. The food collected in Rockville will be taken to the Manna Food Center. Manna serves 3,300 people per month and half are children. Hunger is a hidden problem in Montgomery County where a family of four needs to earn $70,000 to be minimally self-sufficient. All to often when faced with bills for housing, doctors, transportation, and utilities, there isn’t enough money left over for food.
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