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Scouting for Food

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Pine Tree Council Boy Scouts of America

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November 3rd, 2018 & November 10th, 2018

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Sponsored by:

UNIT COORDINATOR KIT

• 16.4  percent  of  Maine  households,  or  more  than  200,000  people  are  foodinsecure

• Maine  ranks  16th  in  the  nation  and  1st  in  New  England  for  food  insecurity• Child  food  insecurity:  21  percent,  or  nearly  1  in  every  5  children,  are  food

insecure  (55,000  children)

Pine  Tree  Council  in  partnership  with  People's United Bank  will  help  combat  this  with  the  2018 Scouting  for  Food  Drive.  

Food  collection  will  be  on  November  10th  2018  throughout  the  Pine  Tree  Council.  

This  will  be  a  combination  of  the  traditional  door  to  door  neighborhood  collection  and  fill  the  tent  events  at  grocery  stores  and  other  locations.  

Food  will  be  distributed  by  local  food  banks  to  our  neighbors  in  need.  

Goals:  

• Collect  over  25  tons  of  food  and  distribute  it  to  our  neighbors  in  need• Enable  our  scouts  to  be  better  citizens  in  the  community• Raise  awareness  in  the  community  of  local  scouting  and  the  Pine  Tree

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SCOUTING FOR FOOD

UNIT COORDINATOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Secure commitment of unit leadership to participate in the campaign.

• Recruit adult help with vehicles for collection day to assist Scouts as they collect fooddoor-to-door.

• Attend district briefing meeting during Roundtables to secure information, door hangers,and assignments of collection territory of unit.

• Coordinate distribution of flyers by youth members to households in assigned territory.

• Arrange for collection of filled bags in same assigned territory one week later anddelivery of filled bags to collection centers.

• Send photos and a press release to local district media contacts.

• Submit participation report to District Scouting for Food Chair

• Call Council Office with your unit's results

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Pine Tree Council Boy Scouts of America SCOUTING FOR FOOD

UNIT TIMETABLE

October

!November 3rd

Unit recruits unit coordinator for Scouting for Food.

Unit sign up for participation with district.

Determine how many people will participate from unit and how many flyers you will need.

Share information with unit leadership and membership.

Continue to coordinate transportation for delivery and pick-up.

Determine food drop off location at a local food bank. Contact food drop off location and coordinate drop off times. Ask location to plan on 100lbs per scout collecting. Set that as your minimum goal!

Schedule a fill the tent event in addition to your door to door event. It is easy! Ask a local grocery store if you can have a fun fill the tent food drive at their store. Schedule uniformed scouts and leaders. Pitch a small tent and ask folks to drop off food on the way out to help feed their food insecure neighbors. This is a great way to collect food and spread the word about the great things scouting does!

November 10th Pick up food in your assigned territory and deliver to your assigned drop off site.

Set up your Scouting for food tent and man it with scouts. Bring Shopping list flyers to hand out so that shoppers can fill the tent with what our neighbors need!

Report your collection totals by filling out the reporting sheet and emailing to [email protected] or faxing to (207) 655-6282.

Distribute flyers throughout your area. Make sure your scouts track where they distribute flyers so that all food left by donors is picked up on the following Saturday.

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UNIT MECHANICS

-ALL UNITS SHOULD KNOW THEIR ASSIGNED TERRITORY!

-ALL MEMBERS, BOTH YOUTH AND ADULT, SHOULD BE IN UNIFORM!

ON November 3rd Flyers should be distributed beginning at 8:00 a.m

DO NOT PUT FLYERS IN MAILBOXES! IT IS AGAINST THE LAW!

-All scouts should travel in groups of two (buddy system).

-Vehicles should stay as close to the boys as possible. It is advisable for adults to walk onsidewalks and supervise boys.

ON November 10th

-Food must be collected beginning no earlier than 9:00 a.m. in the same area you distributedflyers.

-Wear uniforms.

DO NOT ENTER ANY HOMES.

Volunteers will be at collection stations to assist in unloading and counting of items collected.

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Pine Tree Council Boy Scouts of America

SCOUTING FOR FOOD ASSIGNED TERRITORIES

Each Cub Scout Pack and Boy Scout Troop will be asked to cover the area from which they draw their scouts. Unit SFF coordinators should work with the other units in their area to determine exactly where their scouts should distribute. To avoid duplication and ensure maximum coverage you must coordinate with neighboring packs and troops.

!Collection Sites:

• Unit SFF Coordinators need to contact a local food pantry to coordinate drop off on the10th.

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UNIT COLLECTION TIPS

-Skip apartments with no solicitation rules or controlled access. Skip businesses.

-Flyers, with instructions to households, should be distributed beginning at 8:00 a.m. onNovember 3rd.

-When delivering flyers, put them on the door. DO NOT PUT IN MAILBOX.

-Flyers can be hung on doors using shopping bags donated by local grocers. This will makeit easier to distribute flyers and give our donors a bag to fill.

-Food should be collected on November 10th from the same area you distributed food flyers.

-Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts should be instructed to remain outside home. DO NOT enterany homes to pick up food. ALL SCOUTS MUST HAVE A BUDDY.

-Be certain on collection day that all houses have been covered. Have a couple of leadersdrive through the neighborhoods after the boys have finished to pick up any stray bags offood.

-Be sure that boys are in uniform and travel in groups of two and are adequately supervised.

-Contact the food pantry your unit selected to deliver the collected food.

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FILL THE TENT TIPS

Pine Tree Council !!!-Promote your fill the tent event with posters prior to the event.

-Set up at a local market or high traffic area on November 10th.

-Use a small tent that will not interfere with customer foot traffic.

-Have a scout made poster explaining the event prominently displayed.

-Scouts should all be in uniform.

-Equip scouts with shopping lists for the patrons. They will want to know what our foodpantry partners need. One is enclosed but please feel free to alter it to meet local needs.

-Make certain to have vehicle support available. you might need to empty the tent a fewtimes during your day.

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SCOUTING FOR FOOD

UNIT FOLLOW-UP

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As soon as you have completed collections, fill out the reporting sheet and submit to Council by emailing [email protected], by fax: (207) 655-6282, OR by mailing to the Pine Tree Council, 146 Plains Road, Raymond, ME 04071

•Units may wish to take the time after Scouting for Food to complete one or more of the following project ideas.

•Spend a few minutes at the unit meeting discussing the boys’ impressions of this Good Turn. Relate Scouting for Food to the Cub Scout Promise, Motto and Law of the Pack or Scout Oath or Promise and Scout Law.

•Cub Scouts might draw posters showing their part in the project for display at your next pack meeting.

•Have your Boy Scouts take plenty of action photographs of individuals or the whole unit. Make a display of what your troop has done. Then, give photographs to the troop historian for permanent storage.

•Your pack may develop a skit describing participation in Scouting for Food which might be part of your next pack meeting.

•Plan a way for your unit to continue participating in a local food drive. There will always be a need.

•Write an article, with pictures, for your local newspaper or the church bulletin.

2018 Scouting for Food

November 3rdFLYER DISTRIBUTION

November 10th FOOD PICK UP

!-APPOINT YOUR UNIT SCOUTING FOR FOOD COORDINATOR.

-DISTRIBUTE FLYERS IN YOUR ASSIGNED NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE 11thAND PICK UP ALL DONATED FOOD ON THE 10th.

-TAKE DONATED FOOD TO YOUR SELECTED FOOD PANTRY.

YES, COUNT ON US TO HELP THE HUNGRY THROUGH SCOUTING FOR FOOD.

District: Pack Troop Crew Post #:

Name: Phone:

Address:

City: State: Zip:

Email: email to:

[email protected]

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!FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:

Phone:

Fax:

Address

(Portland, ME- November XX) ___________Scouts and _________ adult volunteers, sponsored

by ________________, participated in the People's United Bank Scouting for Food Drive.

On Saturday/Sunday of November 2018, the Scouts canvassed local neighborhoods and placed door

hangers requesting that residents place non-perishable food items on their doorsteps. The following

Saturday, Scouts returned and collected ________ food items for local food pantries.

“The boys were especially enthusiastic with this Good Turn, because we emphasized that they were

helping hungry people get food” said Mr/Mrs_______________, (Cubmaster / Scoutmaster / Den

Leader) of (Pack / Troop)_______. “They know that all they get in return is a lot of fun and the feeling

of helping others,” she/he said.

Serving hundreds of local youth for ______ years, (Pack / Troop #), sponsored by ____________,

works to achieve excellence in fostering the character development of young people, and to instill in

them the values found in the Scout Oath and Law. To be a part of (Pack / Troop #), please contact

_______________.

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By giving to the People's United Bank Scouting for Food drive, you are helping those in need right here in your local community. This year, Scouts from the Pine Tree Council have pledged to collect 25 pounds of food per scout. With your help we will deliver over 25 tons of food to local food pantries.

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Boy Scouts of America People's United Bank

Scouting For Food November 10, 2018

Place your non-perishable items in a grocery bag on your doorstep by 9:00am Saturday, November 10, 2018

Scouts will pick up the bag and bring it to our food collection point.

Your donation of canned and packaged foods will be distributed by a local Food Pantry to our neighbors in need.

Canned Meats/Fish 100% Fruit Juice Boxes & Bottles

Soups Dried & Canned Beans

Jello/ Pudding Mix Pasta/Pasta Sauces

Rice Instant & Canned Potatoes

Canned Fruit/Vegetables Baby Cereal & Formula

Diapers (sz 4,5,6) Powdered Milk & Parmalat Milk

Peanut Butter Hot or Cold Cereal

Dried Fruit Supermarket Gift Cards

PLEASE NO OUTDATED ITEMS

If you have any questions or if your bag has not been picked up please call our unit's People's United Bank Scouting for Food coordinator

Thank you!

Items needed:

Pine Tree Council Boy Scouts of America

2018 Scouting for Food Report Your Success

District: AB CB KV YK

Pack #____________ Troop#___________ Crew#_____________ Post# ___________ Ship#___________

Contact Name: ____________________________________

Contact Email: ______________________________________

Number of Participants: ________________________________

Hours per Participant: _________________________________

Pounds of Food Collected: __________________________________

Donations Collected: _______________________________________

Name of Food Bank: ___________________________________________

Email this form to Malcolm Bennett at [email protected], fax to 207-655-6282 or mail to Pine Tree C ouncil, 146 Plains Road, Raymond, ME 04071