Every year during January/February, the local area Boy Scout and Cub Scout units participate in Scouting for Food, an effort to assist local area food pantries to help those in need.
Our Cub Scout Pack helps other units in the area to collect food for Cypress Assistance Ministries (CAM). Last year our pack collected more than 800 pounds of food from the Cypress Mills and Lakes of Rosehill subdivisions. CAM estimates that on a typical year, the area-wide Boy Scout/Cub Scout effort supplies 6-8 months of food for the pantry.
To see a list of food pantry donations accepted by CAM and current pantry needs, click here.
The campaign takes two Saturdays to complete. The first Saturday, the Cub Scouts will place door hangars and bags on as many homes in the subdivision as possible. On the following Saturday, the Cub Scouts will canvas the neighborhood and look for bags that are left out on front porches throughout the neighborhood. We then sort the donations and bring them to CAM, where they are collected and stored for distribution throughout the year.
This year, the Scouts will be placing door hangars and bags on homes on January 30th and collecting the donations the following weekend, February 6th.
*NOTE* Please place donations in view of the street with the door hangar (or a sign of some sort marked “Scouts”) visible as we don’t walk up to every door on pick up day! Collection starts at 9 AM. If we haven’t picked up your donations by 12 pm, please send an email to info@ScoutsCypressPack3.org with your address and we will come collect them!
The Scouts will earn service hours towards their ranks for this effort.
Thank you, neighbors, for helping our community!
Cub Scout Pack 3 – Robison Elementary School