FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Joe Mueller,
Director of Public Relations
Cell: (314) 603-9983; jmueller@stlbsa.org
(NOVEMBER 17,
2012) ST. LOUIS — More than 30,000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers
helped feed the hungry throughout our region on Saturday as they collected 2 million
cans of food and other non-perishable items during the 2012 Scouting for Food drive.
After
distributing more than one million bags last weekend, on Saturday the Scouts
returned to those same areas to collect canned goods and other
non-perishables. Scouts in the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County took donations to area fire
stations where Scout leaders sorted and boxed the food. Sunset Transportation, Inc., of Sunset
Hills provided vehicles, equipment, volunteer drivers and solicited the
assistance of additional volunteers from trucking companies. Sunset Transportation coordinated all
logistics for the food collection, which involved transporting boxed food from 42
area fire stations to the St. Louis Area Foodbank. The Foodbank will distribute the canned goods
to more than 500 area food pantries throughout eastern Missouri and southwest
Illinois. Donations collected by Scouts
outside of the City of St. Louis
and St. Louis County were taken directly to food
pantries.
“The amount
of food collected today will help thousands of families who need assistance,” said
Ron Green, Scout Executive of the Greater St. Louis Area Council. “Our Scouts, parents and leaders did a great
job collecting food and preparing the donations for the pantries. The generous
donations by general public and the hard work of our Scouts will help the less
fortunate through the difficult winter months.”
If the
Scouts missed your bag, or if you would like to make a donation of canned
goods, all Regions Bank locations will accept
donations through Saturday, Nov. 24.
