Helping Hands Food Drive 2014 - Service Unit Coordinators Needed

Save the Date!

The 2014 Girl Scouts of Colonial Coast Helping Hands Food Drive will be held as a month long community service project in April, a time when local food banks have the biggest need.

 

Girls can collect food in many ways. Consider a food drive competition at your school or meeting place, in your neighborhood, or at a local business. Bring the food you’ve collected to a local food bank agency food pantry or the food bank location nearest to you. On April 26, 2014, food bank and food pantry trucks will be available at several locations throughout the council to collect any food that has not been delivered to a pantry or food bank.

 

Adult Opportunities

• Food Drive Coordinators -  one needed per service unit
• Provide food drive information and support to your service unit
• Attend webinar training,  January 30, 2014 -  8-9 p.m.
• Food Drive Collection Site Coordinators - one needed for each collection site. Collection site locations will be posted on the website and in GO!

Girl Opportunities

• Collecting non-perishable food items
• Volunteering at a collection site alongside the food bank volunteers

Enter the pounds and pounds contest!

The troop that collects the most pounds of food per girl will win a workshop with Spectrum Puppets! Best of luck, have fun with it and remember you are part of a long standing tradition of Girl Scouts giving back to the community!

Helping Hands Food Drive Patch

Complete the requirements for the Helping Hands Food Drive Patch (available on gsccc.org in January) as you collect food and learn about hunger in Virginia and North Carolina. Helping Hands Food Drive patches will be available for purchase in the council shops.

 

 

Food Bank Tours

Food bank tours will be available at the following locations:

• Food Bank of the Albemarle – Contact Carolyn Anderson, Food Resource Coordinator at 252-335-4035 ext. 114.
• Southeastern Virginia Food Bank –http://vhub.at/GirlScouts to schedule your tour.
• Peninsula Food Bank – Contact Donna Tighe at dtighe@hrfoodbank.org or 757.596.7188 to schedule a tour.

Additional details will be available in GO! and on the gsccc.org website. 

Questions? Jacqueline Brooks - jacquelineb@gsccc.org