Scouting for Food - Dec. 6

Food Donations & Volunteers Needed
Scouting For Food 2008 seeks volunteers to collect 75,000 pounds of food across Marion, Polk, and Yamhill Counties for families in need this holiday season. Volunteer on December 6th in your neighborhood. Find more information at the Volunteer & Mentor Centers website.

Local Boy Scout troops will once again be going door-to-door collecting food in their neighborhoods, but this year they will be joined by volunteers from Marion-Polk Food Share, Women Ending Hunger, the forty United Way Partner Agencies, and the community at-large. 

Community members are encouraged to check their kitchen cupboards for non-perishible items that can be shared with someone in need. On December 6, volunteers will canvas local neighborhoods to collect Scouting for Food bags filled with donations and to then deliver the collected food to a specified drop site. 

In addition, West Coast Bank will have collection barrels available at all branches for community members to drop off donations until December 13.