The Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America held its 32nd Annual “Scouting for Food Good Turn” drive on November 2 across Rhode Island, Southeastern Massachusetts and Connecticut. Thousands of Scouts distributed door hangers to neighbors’ homes seeking donations of nutritional, non-perishable canned goods. The annual initiative, the largest food drive in New England, highlighted one of Scouting’s primary focuses – doing a “Good Turn” daily. This year, through a partnership started in 2018, Ocean State Job Lot donated 33,000 pounds of food. In total, the Narragansett Council and their partners donated over 190,000 pounds of food this year.

More than 200 Scouting Packs and Troops from across Southern New England participated in the drive by collecting canned goods from families and individuals. Donation pick-ups were on Saturday, Nov. 2 and were delivered to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and other local food pantries.