Local Scouts collect over 88 tons of food for neighbors in need during annual scouting for food drive

Posted 11/13/24

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Local Scouts collect over 88 tons of food for neighbors in need during annual scouting for food drive

Scout Nolan Blair, of Warwick, measuring food. Scout Troop 4 Gaspee Plateau collected roughly 3,000 lbs. (Photo by Marcia Fowler)

Troop 4 Scout Justin Fowler, of Cranston, at West Bay Food Pantry. (Photo by Marcia Fowler)

Pack 4 Cub Scout, Benjamin Arnold, of Warwick, in front of the food he and his dad collected. (Photo by Marcia Fowler)

Inside the Troop 4 Scout trailer half-filled with food. (Photo by Scout Justin Fowler)

Posted Wednesday, November 13, 2024 12:00 am

Thousands of Scouts collected over 88 tons of food during the 37th annual Scouting for Food drive across Rhode Island, southeastern Massachusetts, and Pawcatuck, Connecticut, on Saturday, Nov. 2. The annual initiative, the largest food drive in the state, highlighted one of Scouting’s primary focuses – doing a “Good Turn” daily. Additionally, over the past four years, online donations related to the food drive have raised well over $20,000 for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.