Scouting For Food – Making A Difference In Our Community

On November 8th, scouts all over America took to the streets to distribute reminders of the BSA’s upcoming food collection drive.  

In York District of the Palmetto Council, grocery retailer Harris Teeter was kind enough to donate thousands of their handled  paper grocery bags to the scouts for our drive.    A brightly colored  sign was attached to each bag explaining what our food drive is, how it will benefit the community and when we will be back to pick up the bags (November 15th).  

Scouts took the bags out to the community and handed them to home owners, hung them on door knobs and on mailbox flags in hopes that the community would respond to the needs of those less fortunate…especially in these tough economic times.

“While Scouts should not be expected to ‘parade’ their services, it would be helpful if Scout Leaders, parents, and others would encourage boys in the doing of Good Turns, and recognize the difference between normal household and other chores, and actual Good Turns.     Selfishness is almost a universal evil.   Certainly it is overcome by the Scout Program, which is based upon the development of service for others, and the Daily Good Turn is an important factor in the development of a habit of service and attitude of mind which offset a tendency to selfishness.”
                                                                                                            ~ James E. West, 1928

In Fort Mill it has been reported that the food that the scouts provide during our drive represents a full 50% or more of the food donated to the Fort Mill Care Center for distribution in our community.   That is why it is important that all of our scouts get involved in this worthwhile service project.