BOY SCOUTS TO COLLECT DONATED FOOD
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3 2018
What:??Boy Scouts across Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts will be collecting donated food items for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and local food pantries as part of the 31st annual “Scouting for Food” drive.??
The media is invited to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank to see a caravan of Scouts from the region drop off thousands of pounds of donated food. There will be 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. This year, through a new partnership, Ocean State Job Lot will match pound-for-pound (up to 100,000 pounds) all food collected by the Narragansett Council’s Scouts. The media is encouraged to take photos and/or video.??
Who:??Participating Boy Scouts
Andrew Schiff, Chief Executive Officer of RI Community Food Bank
Tim McCandless, Scout Executive/CEO of the Narragansett Council
David Sarlitto, Executive Director of the Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation
Representatives from the Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America
Volunteers
When:??Saturday, November 3th 2017
10:00 – 10:30 AM for Interviews/Photo Opportunities??
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Where:??Rhode Island Community Food Bank
200 Niantic Ave????
Providence, RI 02907
Contact Info:??
Rhode Island Community Food Bank
Hugh Minor
(401) 230-1674
Day of event (401) 524-2330
Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America
Tori Vichroski
New Harbor Group
(401) 569-0959