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Knox Trail Council Scouts collect 96
tons of Food!
Framingham, Massachusetts –
December 6, 2011-- The Scouts of the Knox Trail
Council collected 96 tons of food in November for
local food pantries in the Metro West area.
Over 4,000 scouts and leaders from
the 21 communities served by the Knox Trail Council,
Boy Scouts of America participated in this
nationwide “Good Turn”
Food Pantry Directors throughout the
Metro West have said that they depend on the Food
collected each year by Scouts, Parents, and Leaders
in the annual Scouting for Food Drive.
Scouting for Food is more than a
service project to help those in need in our
community. As a program of the Boy Scouts of
America, the underlying purpose of Scouting for Food
is to teach character. Scouting for Food is one more
opportunity for boys to learn at an early age the
value of service to others.
The Scouts and Scouters of the Knox
Trail Council, Boy Scouts of America have collected
over 1,800 tons of food in the past 23 years.
A special thank you goes to Price
Chopper Supermarkets for donating the Scouting for
Food Bags that were used in the 2011 food drive and
the United Way of Tri County who are sponsors of the
2011 Scouting for Food Drive.
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