Scouts, leaders, and families across Southington held a day of caring for those in need with a food collection just in time for the holidays. On Nov. 8, Cub, Boy and Girl Scouts, leaders and other volunteers filled the fellowship hall at First Baptist Church in Southington to sort and box food. The event was part of a region-wide effort from Scouts in the Sleeping Giant District of the Boys Scouts of America. The regional event has been held for the past five years. “Each town has a coordinator and a troop that runs the food drop-off point, and they all devote an enormous amount of time to the food drive,” said Jim Racca, an assistant scoutmaster in Meriden. “The food drive begins the week before when the kids distribute over 40,000 bags to individual homes asking neighbors to help by making a donation. In total there are 44 Scout Units that participate and about 700 Scouting volunteers that are involved.” In Southington, Troop 17, which meets at First Baptist Church, coordinates the event. Southington scouts collected bags of food items from local residents and brought it to the First Baptist Church where it was sorted, boxed, and marked to […]
Scouts, leaders, and families across Southington held a day of caring for those in need with a food collection just in time for the holidays. On Nov. 8, Cub, Boy and Girl Scouts, leaders and other volunteers filled the fellowship hall at First Baptist Church in Southington to sort and box food. The event was part of a region-wide effort from Scouts in the Sleeping Giant District of the Boys Scouts of America. The regional event has been held for the past five years. “Each town has a coordinator and a troop that runs the food drop-off point, and they all devote an enormous amount of time to the food drive,” said Jim Racca, an assistant scoutmaster in Meriden. “The food drive begins the week before when the kids distribute over 40,000 bags to individual homes asking neighbors to help by making a donation. In total there are 44 Scout Units that participate and about 700 Scouting volunteers that are involved.” In Southington, Troop 17, which meets at First Baptist Church, coordinates the event. Southington scouts collected bags of food items from local residents and brought it to the First Baptist Church where it was sorted, boxed, and marked to […]
