Historical November 1985 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
On two successive Saturdays in November, the St. Louis Area Council, Boy Scouts of America will launch a food collection drive to alleviate the increasingly serious problem of hunger in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Saturday, Nov. 9, Scouts will distribute food collection bags to private homes within the St. Louis Area Council boundaries.
These bags will carry instructions on the types of food needed—goods that can be stored and distributed easily without concern of spoilage.
The following Saturday—Nov. 16 — Scouts will return to the same homes to pick up the donation bags and take them to designated fire stations (thanks to the Firechief’s Association).
From the fire stations, trucks provided by the Army Reserve will distribute the goods to Food Crisis Network, Catholic Charities, and Operation Food Search.
These agencies will then distribute the food to the needy. Hunger is NOT a growling stomach when you come home from work or school, and you need a snack to tide you over until suppertime. Real hunger is pain.
And too many people suffer from that pain day after day, not just in the distant corners of Africa, but right here in our own local communities.
During their 75th Anniversary year, the local Boy Scouts (Troop 98 at St. Rochs Church) and Cub Scouts (Pack 31 at Grace United Methodist Church) want to demonstrate one of the major segments of the Scout Oath: “To help other people at all times.” They are hoping you will want to help, too.
All food that they collect here in the city of St. Louis, will STAY in the city of St. Louis.
The Scouts will be seeing you in November!
Please try to be generous.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, November 1985.
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