Scouting for Food Nov. 12

CONWAY — Scouts from throughout New Hampshire are taking part in the annual Scouting for Food “Good Turn” this weekend. Last week Scouts distributed informational door hangers around their communities to encourage residents to leave out nonperishable food and household items for pick-up this Saturday, Nov. 12. Starting at 8:30 a.m.ugg boots for kids ugg boots for kids ugg boots for kids on Saturday, Scouts will return to pick-up the items to help answer the call to fight hunger.

Following pick-up, Scouts will take the food to one of more than 20 collection sites where it will be sorted and distributed to more than 150 local food pantries and agencies. Scouting for Food is one of the state’s largest one-day food drives, each year making a significant contribution to help fight hunger in New Hampshire. If you’d like to participate but didn’t receive a door hanger or your items weren’t picked-up for some reason, you can bring items directly to the local collection site at the Gibson Center, at 14 Grove Street in North Conway.

“This is an incredible event, last year Scouts in New Hampshire collected over 285,000 food items which were distributed to 172 local agencies,” said Michael Kaufman, executive director of the Daniel Webster Council, Boy Scouts of America. “We hope the communities throughout the state will continue to be as generous this year in helping to feed those who would otherwise go hungry,” Kaufman said.

Many people wonder what to put out in the bags. The Scouts recommend that you make contributions for other families based on what you would choose for your own family. Healthy, nutritious meals are not only important for ugg boots for kids ugg boots for kids ugg boots for kidseveryone, but are especially important for the proper development of children.

To help you determine the most nutritious food to purchase for Scouting for Food, the Daniel Webster Council has partnered with the Newugg boots for kids ugg boots for kids ugg boots for kids Hampshire Food Bank to create a list called “The Perfect Bag.”