SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (KGO) — This weekend was a day of generosity all through the Bay Space.
The Scouts partnered with native meals banks for the annual Scouting For Meals drive to assist households this vacation season, the place the necessity is larger than ever.
A gentle stream of meals donations arrived outdoors the San Francisco-Marin Meals Financial institution warehouse in San Rafael on Saturday. Native explorers did the heavy lifting and gathering.
“It's at all times heartwarming to see. Yearly I've carried out this it means just a little extra, particularly through the Christmas season. You see the quantity of meals we have now at this time and it's like, wow! Consider all of the folks we're going to assist,” mentioned marine explorer Georgia Stahl-Ricco.
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With Thanksgiving lower than two weeks away, the annual Scouting for Meals drive is extra necessary than ever this vacation season as one in 5 Californians are liable to meals insecurity.
“The necessity is just a little bit higher after the pandemic. It's a crucial time of 12 months for vacation donations. Everybody wants further help,” mentioned Randy Rollmann of the San Francisco-Marin Meals Financial institution.
Rollman says the SF-Marin Meals Financial institution serves greater than 50,000 households in San Francisco and Marin weekly.
Final week, scouts left indicators on doorways asking for non-perishable meals. These donations had been collected on Saturday.
“It's an incredible alternative for them to be taught just a little extra about how individuals are meals insecure, even regardless of our well-off neighborhood,” mentioned MJ Andrews of the Marin Council Scouting America.
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Final 12 months, scouts collected greater than 28,000 kilos of meals. The trouble was going down all through the Bay Space and Sonoma County.
Native Woman Scouts and 200 volunteers helped out on the Redwood Empire Meals Financial institution in Santa Rosa, gathering and sorting meals donations on this present day of giving. The meals financial institution there additionally says the necessity for meals help is growing.
“Regardless of the size of our operation, demand for our companies continues to develop at a fee that outpaces the donations coming in to help us,” mentioned Rachelle Mesheau of the Redwood Empire Meals Financial institution.
Scouts and a beneficiant neighborhood are doing every part they’ll to assist out this vacation season.
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