Home.4 November 1999
Scouting for Food
SATURDAY, Nov. 13th, 1999!
American Flag Retirement Drive
Toys for Tots Campaign
Greetings, Neighbors! Since 1988, the Boy Scouts of America have run an annual food collection drive for distribution to the needy in the Washington Area. Troop 111, sponsored by St. Agnes Church, is collecting in the Woodland, Dominion Heights, Waverly Hills, and Livingston Heights areas this year. You will hopefully remember us from past food drives in your neighborhoods.
Although the Country has enjoyed unprecedented prosperity these past three years, there are still many who will go hungry this winter. "Scouting for Food" is the largest food collection drive in the Washington area by far (involving tens of thousands of Scouts), and your contributions are vital for the success of numerous Churches, Soup Kitchens and other helping organizations. Last year, Scouts in the Washington area collected over one million pounds of food (of which about 4,500 pounds was collected by Troop 111.) This food goes directly to helping organizations in this area - via the Arlington Food Assistance Center. This collection dwarfs all the other more publicized food drives!This is how it works - first, we ask that you collect any canned goods that you're willing to donate, and place them in the provided bag. We will be happy to take anything useful. Second, please place the bags back outside late this upcoming Friday night or (preferably) early Saturday morning (by about 8:30am); we'll be coming back around early Saturday to collect the bags and relay them to the collection center. Our Scouts will be in pairs, in Uniform, and will be accompanied by Parents in automobiles. We will not be knocking on your door to solicit contributions.
We will have "reminder" signs posted around our assigned neighborhoods later this week, starting Thursday. We will start collecting at 9am Saturday morning, and are usually finished by 11am. If we miss your house, the collection point is at Westover Baptist Church (corner of N. Washington Boulevard and N. Patrick Henry Drive, next to Swanson Middle School, about a 5 minute drive) `til about 1:30pm Saturday afternoon; if your bag has not been picked up by noon (we'll miss a few), please bring it by!
American Flag Retirement Drive
Troop 111 is again offering to "retire" your worn-out American Flags as an additional service to the community. This will be done with due respect by Uniformed Scouts at one of our upcoming campouts, the Spring 2000 Projectoree. If you have any old, worn-out flags that you wish to have properly retired, please put them in a separate plastic bag and place them alongside the Scouting for Food bag. [Please do not put them in the same bag as the food - we might miss them!] We will also take State, County or Foreign/National Flags, and will treat them with equal respect.
Toys for Tots Campaign
Finally, the Troop is working with the Marines for this year's Toys for Tots Campaign. In this collection, we ask for NEW, UNWRAPPED TOYS. It is our understanding that all toys collected will be distributed by the Marines in the Hurricane-devastated areas in eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia. Many families in these areas lost literally everything they owned in this terribly destructive natural disaster, and are facing a grim Holiday Season. You can help!If you have any new toys to donate, please place them - unwrapped - in the same bag as the worn-out American flags. [Again, please do not place them in the same bag as the food - we might miss them!]
Please be generous! ...and Thanks for your help! Any questions (or complaints), please ccontact: Dr. Bob, Scoutmaster, Troop 111.
Collections This Coming Saturday, November 13th!
Please Leave All Bags Outside By 8:30am!
United Way and Combined
Federal Campaign Donors - please consider designating
BSA, National Capital Area Council - #8046
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