One of the nation’s largest food drives takes place Saturday morning (Nov. 20), when Boy Scouts hit doorsteps across the Bay Area – and the nation – to collect non-perishable food for local food banks. In the Bay Area, more than 40,000 Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Venturers, Explorers and their supporters will be “Scouting For Food” by picking up boxed or bagged non-perishable food placed on doorsteps by 9 a.m. on Saturday.
Residential addresses on the Scouts’ collection routes have already received notice by way of a door-hanger promoting the drive. Residents who aren’t on collection routes can still help by bringing donations to Scout drop-off locations between 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Saturday. Scout drop-off locations for each county’s food bank are listed at www.bayareahunger.org. Sonoma County scouts will be participating in a separate food drive to take place in the spring.
“The Scouting for Food drive provides all the food banks with food for the critical demand period during Thanksgiving week,” said Suzan Bateson, executive director of the Alameda County Community Food Bank, which expects about 150,000 pounds of food from residents of that county. In the Bay Area, Scouts are targeting 600,000 pounds.
With the Boy Scouts of America celebrating their 100th anniversary in 2010, the nine Bay Area councils are concluding a year-long effort (which launched with the 2009 drive) to collect “one million cans” of food for Bay Area food banks.
“History has shown that as demand for food in the community rises, so does the outpouring from people who want to help,” said Tim Buchen of the San Francisco Bay Area Council of Boy Scouts of America. “We expect Saturday’s drive to be unprecedented. But even with 40,000 scouts on collection routes, we can’t begin to hit every doorstep. So it’s critical that people help us out by dropping off food at their local drop-off site.”
Whole Foods Market and Safeway locations throughout the Bay Area have in-store barrels to accept donations for Bay Area food banks throughout the holiday season.
BOY SCOUTS MEDIA CONTACT
Tim Buchen (BOO-ken), San Francisco Bay Area Council – (510) 577-9207 (office); (510) 853-1534 tbuchen@bsamail.org
MEDIA CONTACTS:
- Alameda County Community Food Bank
Brian Higgins (510) 636-4902 bhiggins@accfb.org - Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano
Lisa Sherrill (925) 408-7655 lsherrill@foodbankccs.org - Redwood Empire Food Bank (Sonoma County)
Lee Bickley (707) 523-7900, ext 15 lbickley@refb.org - San Francisco Food Bank
Stacy Newman (415) 282-1900, ext 270 snewman@sffb.org - Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties
Poppy Pembroke (408) 266-8866, ext 279 ppembroke@shfb.org
Note to media: Feel free to list any of the Scouting for Food drop-off sites on Saturday (Nov. 20), listed below, in your coverage area (sites are also listed on www.bayareahunger.org). Site hours differ, but 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. is generally accurate. For coverage purposes, these sites provide great visuals and interviews. All Bay Area Food Banks will be open on Saturday to receive truck shipments from Scouting for Food collections sites.
ALAMEDA COUNTY (11)
Berkeley
St. Mary Magdalen School
2005 Berryman Street
Castro Valley
Proctor Elementary School
7520 Redwood Road
Fremont
Latter Day Saints Church
3551 Decoto Road
Hayward
Southland Mall
660 West Winton Ave.
(Sears Auto Mall parking lot)
Livermore
Lucky Store
2000 Portola Blvd.
Pleasanton
Walmart
4501 Rosewood Drive
Oakland
Alameda County Community Food Bank
7900 Edgewater Drive
Montclair Elementary School
757 Mountain Blvd.
South Parking Lot
Grocery Outlet
2900 Broadway
San Leandro
Boy Scout Office/Leadership Training Center, 1001 Davis St.
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY (11)
Antioch
Antioch LDS Church
3013 Rio Grande Drive, Antioch
Antioch LDS Stake Center
2350 Jeffery Way, Antioch
Brentwood
Brentwood LDS Church
1101 McClarren Road, Brentwood
Concord
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano
4010 Nelson Avenue
Farm Bureau Hall
5554 Clayton Road
Oak Grove LDS Church
2930 Treat Boulevard
Danville
Danville LDS Stake Center
655 Old Orchard Drive
Richmond
Hilltop LDS Church
4351 Hilltop Drive
Lafayette
Moraga LDS Church
3776 Via Granada
Pleasant Hill
Pleasant Hill LDS Church
555 Boyd Road
St. Mary Magdalen/ School
2005 Berryman Street, Berkeley
SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY (1)
San Francisco
San Francisco Food Bank
900 Pennsylvania Ave.
SANTA CLARA COUNTY (8)
Campbell
Home Church
1799 Winchester Boulevard
Suite 100
Cupertino
West Valley Community Services Center
10104 Vista Drive
Gilroy
St Joseph's Family Center
7950 Church Street, Suite A (behind St.Mary's)
San Jose
Second Harvest Food Bank
750 Curtner Avenue
Sacred Heart
1381 South First St
The Lord's Pantry
Behind Gloria Dei Lutheran Church on White Road near Alum Rock Ave
Milpitas
Milpitas Food Pantry
196 S Main Street
Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale Community Services center
725 Kifer Road
SAN MATEO COUNTY (6)
El Granada
Coastside Hope
99 Avenue Alhambra
Los Altos
One North San Antonio Road
Mountain View
El Camino Hospital
2500 Grant Road
Pacifica
American Legion
555 Buel Avenue
Palo Alto
LDS Church
3865 Middlefield Road
South San Francisco
South SF Citadel Corp / Salvation Army
SOLANO COUNTY (3)
Benicia
Benicia City Park
Second Street
Fairfield
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano
2339 Courage Drive, Suite F
Vallejo
Elks Lodge
2850 Redwood Parkway
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