Thousands of Scouts, from first-grade Tiger Cubs to teenage Scouts and volunteers, will be going house to house Nov. 18 to collect food for the Food Banks of Contra Cost and Solano counties. Sponsors are KGO Channel 7 and SaveMart/Food Max, which donated 1 million bags to be delivered to households Nov. 11.
Last year the Mt. Diablo Silverado Council, Boy Scouts of America collect almost 200,000 pounds of food in “Scouting for Food,” which has been an annual event since 1988. This year the council is aiming to collect 250,000 pounds.
