Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts from Sleeping Giant District (Southington, Wallingford, Meriden, North Haven and Hamden) are collecting non-perishable food items Saturday, as part of their 22nd annual “Scouting for Food” program. Residents who have received a bag or notice that food will be collected, are asked to place a bag of nonperishable food items (cans or boxes, no glass containers) on their front porch or step by 9 a.m., the statement said. The bags will be picked up before noon Saturday.
"Notices were delivered Nov. 5-8. Some neighborhoods may have been delayed or skipped because of safety concerns for the Scouts because of storm damage," the statement said.
Food donations may be brought between 9 a.m. to noon Saturday to local collection sites. Scouts will carry donations from cars and sort the food. Food will be donated to a food bank in the donor’s town.
Last year, more than 640 Scouts in the district collected nearly 33,600 pounds of food, the statement said.
Sites are:
Southington, First Baptist Church, 581 Meriden Ave., for Bread for Life and Southington Community Services; Wallingford, 46 N. Plains Industrial Road, for Master’s Manna Food Pantry; Meriden, Salvation Army, 23 St. Casmir Drive, for Salvation Army; North Haven, Congregational church, 28 Church St., North Haven Food Pantry; and Hamden, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 2819 Whitney Ave., Hamden Food and Fuel Bank.
For more information, contact Chairman Jim Racca at 203-237-7556 or jamesracca@sbcglobal.net.
Editor's note: All information in this post was contributed. It is largely unedited here and posted as a public service.
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