Scouts Collect for Local Food Closet
Mar 20, 2025 02:26PM ● By Stephen B. Clazie
From left, Sam Daniels, Aaron Daniels (assistant scoutmaster), Alexander Avery, Bennett Nurmi, Alyssa Weir-Gonzalez (committee chair), Matthias Gonzalez and Cohen Hawkinson look over some of the 1,700 non-perishable food items they collected in their drive-thru food drive at Sacramento Elks Lodge No. 6 on March 8. Photo by Stephen B. Clazie
SACRAMENTO, CA (MPG) - On Saturday, March 8, the Boy Scouts conducted a drive-thru food drive at Sacramento Elks Lodge No. 6. The Scouts were collecting non-perishable food items to support the South Sacramento Interfaith Partnership Food Closet.
Alyssa Weir-Gonzalez, Troop 5010 Committee Chair for the food drive, said, “I am very happy to share that Boy Scout Troop 5010 and Cub Scout Pack 259 combined their efforts and were able to collect more than 1,700 food items as well as $65 to bring to the South Sacramento Interfaith Partnership Food Bank.”
Weir-Gonzalez also added, “Thank you to Elks Lodge No. 6 for allowing us to collect and sort at their site and for getting the word out to their members and the community.”
Elks Lodge No. 6 encouraged its members to support the food drive efforts.
The Elks Lodge’s incoming Exalted Ruler Rob Moore said, “We are making this a very easy opportunity for our members to help our community. Online companies deliver the food to our houses. We will just put those items in the back of our car and drive to Elks Lodge No. 6 on Saturday, March 8. The Scouts unload the boxes. That is easy.”
Elks Lodge No. 6’s Scout liaison, Bob Van Gundy, said the Lodge is happy to have the Troop 5010 meeting there every Monday evening. He also said, “Scouts will help make a difference in the fight against hunger. Scouting for Food is the leading service program for the Boy Scouts of America and is part of the national BSA program Good Turn for America.”
Scouting for Food is a council-wide service project aimed at caring for people in our local communities who are hungry or in need.
Community members are encouraged to recycle an old grocery bag and fill it with donated canned goods.
A Boy Scout promises “to help other people at all times.”
The Food Closet has been rooted at Bethany Presbyterian Church, 5625 24th St., since 1969. It was part of the many services offered by the South Sacramento Ecumenical Parish, which was formed with representatives from seven faith congregations.
Brian Chin, a longtime resident of the Greenhaven-Pocket neighborhood and the president of the Meals on Wheels Sacramento County Board of Directors, said,
“This was a great opportunity for the Scouts to help and learn about people needing help obtaining food.”
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