Posts Tagged ‘scouting for food’
Scouting for Food, in rapid response to SNAP crisis, doubles last year’s total
Scouts from Narragansett Council – Scouting America stepped up to meet a moment of need across Southern New England. Underscored by the federal pause on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, the 38th annual Scouting for Food drive collected more than 120 tons of food this year, more than doubling last year’s totals and surpassing…
Read MoreScouting for Food: Scouts to Collect Your Food Donations to Stock the Rhode Island Food Bank
Scouting for Food, Rhode Island’s largest food drive has distributed door hangers at Rhode Island homes, with a scheduled pickup of food donation on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, between the hours of 9 and 11am. Participating are scouts and adult leaders from Narragansett Council – Scouting America, Tim McCandless, CEO of Narragansett Council – Scouting…
Read MoreScouting for Food, RI’s largest annual food drive, to collect and turn in 50 tons of food
On Saturday, Nov. 2, starting at 9 a.m., Scouts from Scouting America, Narragansett Council, will be out in their communities, collecting non-perishable food donations from neighbors who participated in the 37th annual “Scouting for Food” drive. Residences across Rhode Island, southeastern Massachusetts and Connecticut received a yellow door tag last week with instructions on how to…
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