For the Reporter
The Boy Scouts of America in Kent and the Greater Puget Sound area teamed up to do a good turn for the community by collecting nonperishable food items throughout the city as part of the Scouting for Food drive.
More than 250 Scouts aged 7-20 canvased communities door-to-door, collecting bags of food and delivering them to the Kent Food Bank. In Kent and Renton, the areas served by the Green River District’s Boy Scouting arm, nearly 10,000 pounds of food were gathered and delivered.
“Scouting is one of the last programs out there that puts a focus on helping others,” said Jon Harthun, an advisor for the local Scouting for Food effort. “We have fun year-round, and part of that is teaching our Scouts that helping others is fun.”
The Scouts who participated in Scouting for Food accumulated 8,767 service hours over the two-day event, valued at around $73,000.
It is estimated that nationally 50 million people, including 17 million children, live in homes that experience hunger: where meals are frequently skipped or who go without food for a whole day. Through the combined effort of local residents, neighborhood food banks and the Boy Scouts of America, hungry families will know that their community cares by providing meals for them to eat.
The Chief Seattle Council serves thousands of young people between 7 and 20 years of age across the greater Seattle area through the Boy Scouts of America.
For more information about programs available through the BSA in Kent and Renton, please contact Sean Mobley at smobley@SeattleBSA.org or visit www.BeAScout.org.
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