Troop 30 and Pack 30 combined its efforts again to fill the shelves of the Watertown Food Pantry, collecting 6467.98 pounds of food and toiletries.
Scouting for Food, the food drive of Watertown’s BSA scouts, is the largest one-day food drive in the city. Scouts as young as 5 flyer their neighborhoods and collect food off neighbors’ doorsteps. Then they bring their haul to the lawn of the Watertown-Belmont United Methodist Church, where the food pantry is located. Then Troop 30 scouts sort the food and toiletries into bins that can be used by food pantry workers. Some items included Halloween candy, cases of seltzer, and lots and lots of Kraft macaroni and cheese.
The big sort takes about four hours for scouts and volunteers to get through.
This year’s scouting for food captain was Caitlin Devlin, a scout organizing teams of other scouts.
In 2022, scouts collected 2.9 tons of food for the Watertown Food Pantry. This is the first time this drive has surpassed 3 tons of food collected.
The Watertown Council on Aging administers the Watertown Food Pantry, which provides food assistance to any Watertown resident in need. Call the Council on Aging/Senior Center at 617-972-6490 for more information, to volunteer, and to donate.
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