Bristol Borough Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts are partnering with the Grundy Library to run a food drive to replenish the shelves of a local food pantry.
The two organizations, Boy Scout troop and Cub Scout pack 212 and the Grundy Library, are running a month long food drive inside of the Radcliffe Street library until September 1. Non-perishable food donations can be brought to the library during business hours any day of the week. The scouts will then collect the food from the library and deliver it to the pantry.
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The overall goal is for the organizations to raise 3,000 pounds of food for the Bristol Borough Food Pantry on Wood Street.
The library is also encouraging participation by offering a $1,000 grant challenge for the pantry. The grant will be awarded if there is more than 1,500 pounds of food collected and more than 50,000 cumulative minutes are logged by the library’s reading clubs.
Food items with priority are breakfast cereals and other breakfast foods, protein rich foods like meat ravioli in tomato sauce, canned salmon and tuna, canned beans, dry beans and soup. All non-perishable foods will be greatly appreciated, organizers said.
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A final, limited neighborhood collection will be conducted on Saturday, September 2 by the scouts participating in the food drive.
“Bristol Borough homes located in the area between Walnut Street and Jefferson Avenue and Pond Street and Radcliffe Avenue, along with homes by the high school, will receive a plastic bag and donation flyer with details ahead of the collection date,” a press release said.
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During and after the event, food can always be directly donated to the pantry, located at 99 Wood Street. The hours of operation for the pantry are e 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The pantry is closed Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
