The Atlanta Area Council is sponsoring Scouting for Food again in 2012.
We need your help to put a stop to hunger!

Scouting for Food is more than the largest Scouting service project in the Atlanta area. It is one of the largest food drives as well. To put it in real terms, because of the work of the leaders and Scouts, Scouting for Food will provide more than 140,000 meals for needy Georgians during the spring. For some food pantries, Scouting for Food is one of the primary sources of food from March through July. Without Scouting for Food, people go hungry!

We ask that Unit promotes 100% participation in Scouting for Food. Units will distribute Scouting for Food bags on a Saturday in March to each home in their designated territory. Because of our council’s growth, your unit may be asked to cover an area other than your traditional area. Remember, the object of Scouting for Food is for as many Scouts as possible to cover as much area as possible.

Here is what you do:

• Recruit your Scouting for Food Unit Chair - someone that will organize and promote the project and be a liaison between your unit and your District Scouting for Food Chair. Fill out the info form and return it to Shawn Kwak.

• All Scouting for Food Unit Chairs should attend the February roundtable for details and distribution of bags and supplies

• Have the Unit Chair register your unit on the Atlanta Area council website by Clicking Here. Be sure to get a good count of how many Scouts you expect to participate for the patch and bag request order.

• On March 10th, Scouts will distribute the flyers to homes with instructions on returning pick-up dates.

• On March 17th, Scouts will pick-up the full bags of canned goods and other nonperishables from houses and deliver them to one of 3 central drop off locations.

• Count and collect the food, load into vehicles and deliver it to the specified collection location.

• Food collected in the Cherokee area will remain in the area for use by MUST Ministries and for Pickens by CARE Ministries.

Did you know? That scouting for Food provides more then 140,000 meals for needy Georgians during the spring? For many food pantries, Scouting for Food is one of the primary sources of food from March through July. Without the continuing efforts of scouts units, people go hungry!!

Important Dates:

• February 2, 2012—Unit Coordinators meeting at District Roundtable

• February 2, 2012—Bag and Unit Packet Distribution

• March 10, 2012—Unit Bag Distribution to designated territories.

• March 17, 2012—Unit And District Collection of Bags

• March 24, 2012—Transmit all Unit collection information and Public Relations Photos to District Coordinator.

• May 3, 2012—Unit and Scout Recognition Awards Distribution @ District Roundtable.

DETAILED INFORMATION

Contact Shawn Kwak at skwak2020@gmail.com or (770) 403-9797 with any questions.

Family Friends of Scouting Campaign

Dear Unit Leaders,

As you begin, and many finish, planning your unit's program calendar for 2012, I remind you our hope is that every unit participates in the district's annual Family Friends of Scouting Campaign. With December just a few weeks away, there is no better time than now for your unit to invite a Friends of Scouting representative to your next Court of Honor, Blue and Gold, Pinewood Derby or other highly attended unit gathering.

Your unit's participation plays a vital role in ensuring that a premier Scouting program is available for the many thousands of youth and adult volunteers that are part of the Atlanta Area Council. You may not realize it, but Friends of Scouting helps secure the funds needed to support unit programs such as training, insurance, program materials, advancement materials, camping facilities and programs, council and district activities, and much more. Attached, you will find a detailed list of the many services offered by the Atlanta Area Council.

As the Council's primary source of funding, Friends of Scouting provides more than a third of the money needed to operate per calendar year. Our district's piece of the pie for the 2012 Family Friends of Scouting Campaign is $50,000. It is imperative that we achieve that goal to help Scouting thrive for you and the children of your unit.

I ask that you please complete the Family Friends of Scouting Campaign Contact Form by December 1, 2011 to set a date for your Friends of Scouting presentation. Your participation will help train young people throughout the Atlanta Area Council in citizenship, service, and leadership, as well as prepare them to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes. Thank you for leading by example and being among the first to schedule your Family Friends of Scouting presentation, and thank you for your continued commitment to Scouting.

Yours in Scouting,
Barb Kish
Family Friends of Scouting Chair
6410Scouter@gmail.com
(678) 429-1667

• Have the scouts carry the flags at the front of the formation behind 1 American flag. Rotate flag holders as needed
• Group the scouts by unit type (Boy Scouts, Cub, Venture, Varsity and Explorer)
• Request that only scouters and parents of special needs scouts join the parade
• Request that all scouts and scouter wear the Field uniform (Class A). But don’t turn any scout away
• Have a truck with water at the rear of the formation.
• Have a district scouter pass out generic recruitment flyers; this should not be a unit specific recruitment
• Have 1 banner behind the American flag that says Scouts of town(s) X with the logos of each type.
• No unit specific floats

If you have questions or need help contact Chris Cookson at 404-201-0121

 

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