Boy Scouts Collect Donated Food This Saturday, Rain or Shine

PROVIDENCE, RI 

What:  Boy Scouts across Rhode Island will be collecting donated food items in neighborhoods throughout the state for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and local food pantries as part of the 27th annual “Scouting for Food” drive.  Last year, Scouts collected over 110 tons of food.

The media is invited to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank to see a caravan of Scouts from surrounding towns drop off thousands of pounds of donated food. Great visuals of Scouts unloading food, volunteers sorting food, and parents pulling up with cars filled with food from their neighborhoods.

There will be opportunities to speak with participating Scouts, troop leaders and representatives from the Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America, and the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. The media is encouraged to take photos and/or video.

 

Who:  Participating Boy Scouts

Andrew Schiff, Chief Executive Officer of RI Community Food Bank

Representatives from the Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America

 

When

Saturday, November 1st, 2014

9:30 – 10:30 AM for Interviews/Photo Opportunities

 

Where:

Rhode Island Community Food Bank

200 Niantic Ave

Providence, RI 02907

 

Information:

Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America

Kaitlyn Curtis

New Harbor Group

(401) 831-1200

Day of event (914) 815-8558

kcurtis@nharbor.com

 

Rhode Island Community Food Bank

Lisa Roth Blackman

(401) 230-1672

Day of event (401) 258-8340

lrblackman@rifoodbank.org

 

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