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(NOVEMBER 19, 2011) ST. LOUIS — More than 30,000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers helped feed the hungry throughout our region on Saturday as they collected 1.8 million cans of food during the 2011 Scouting for Food drive, sponsored by
Wells Fargo Advisors. The
Greater St. Louis Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, collected more than 45 million cans of food during the 27-year history of the 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 46 area fire stations to the
St. Louis Area Food Bank. The Food Bank 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. 26.
