Picture offered The St. Clairsville Cub Scouts are prepared for his or her annual meals drive to gather meals for the St. Clairsville Meals Pantry for the vacation season. The gathering is that this Saturday.
STREET. CLAIRSVILLE — St. Clairsville residents can donate to the Cub Scouts' annual meals drive on Saturday to make sure the St. Clairsville Meals Pantry is stocked for the vacation season.
The St. Clairsville Cub Scouts handed out about 1,000 door indicators in the neighborhood final weekend. For these houses that acquired a hanger, you may bag meals to be donated and place it in your porch this Saturday for the Cub Scouts to come back decide it up and donate it to the St. Clairsville Meals Pantry.
Cub Scouts are nonetheless accepting meals donations from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Thoburn United Methodist Church's Fellowship Corridor at 209 E. Important St. in St. Clairsville for many who wish to donate however didn’t obtain a hanger.
Folks can donate non-perishable and canned meals, reminiscent of soups, fruits, greens and beans.
Den chief Aaron Pollock stated the Cub Scouts maintain an annual meals drive initially of every vacation season to ensure the meals pantry is stocked. He stated it is very important accumulate meals this time of 12 months in preparation for the vacations, each Thanksgiving and Christmas, for much less lucky residents within the native space. The St. Clairsville Meals Pantry solely serves folks within the St. Clairsville-Richland Metropolis Faculty District, so Pollock likes to maintain the meals drive on the town.
“That's a giant a part of the scouting program is group service,” Pollock stated. “Simply to maintain younger folks doing issues for his or her group.”
Anybody fascinated by becoming a member of the scouting program can contact the Ohio River Valley Council, they usually can put you in contact with the unit closest to your faculty district.
Aaron's spouse and fellow den chief, Stacy Pollock, stated this annual meals drive offers Cub Scouts a sense of constructing a distinction in the neighborhood.
He stated this is without doubt one of the service tasks Cub Scouts do as a result of they get to see the group come collectively as a complete and assist these in want. He famous that Cub Scouts do that yearly earlier than the vacations to ensure everybody has a scorching meal throughout their celebrations.
“The kids in our group are equally essential and may make a change by doing one thing this straightforward.” she stated. “They're actually excited to see their laborious work repay.”