Pancake Breakfast Ticket Sales Event

Sweet Sales Success!

Our ticket sales event got off to a great start with 17 Scouts selling 213 tickets. Many buyers donated tickets to St Vinny's and to the Salvation Army. As a result, we'll be feeding a lot of hungry people on May 9th.

All Scouts who participated will split the evening's proceeds evenly. Great work guys! 

After tonight, Scouts are encouraged to continue selling right up until the 9th. The Troop will credit a Scout's scholarship fund $3 for each ticket they sell. These funds can be used for Scout related purchases and for camp tuition. Interested Scouts should also plan ahead for a trip to the National Jamboree next year. 

And don't forget to sell to family, friends, and teachers. Always remember, though - sell safely! Always go with a buddy and an adult, and don't carry large amounts of cash with you. 

Project Feed a Neighbor part 3

Just a small part of Troop 321's overall efforts

Hurrah! This is what Dick Derby sent to the media about our efforts:

"Project Feed A Neighbor" had a very successful food collection, for the sixth annual event.  We were not able to calculate the weight this year, but both the Salvation Army and St. Vincent de Paul said that they had received more food items this year compared to 2014 when we were able to calculate about 9,000 lbs. collected.

"Further, over 2000 food items were collected from the friendly inter school competition between Westwood and Ishpeming High Schools.  This will be taken to the pantries this week.

"There are numerous volunteers and people associated with making Project Feed A Neighbor successful.  They come from churches, schools, service organizations, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, businesses, and it is even important to recognize the critical roll the media plays in helping remind people about contributing to the project.  One estimate determined that between 200 and 300 people have some part to play in Project Feed A Neighbor."

You all should be very proud of the role each of you played in this worthy effort!

Project Feed a Neighbor part 2

Crew & Troop getting it done

Today was the heavy lifting day, the day we distributed collection bags to every single house on our assigned routes - no matter how long the driveway or number of steps up to the door. This week's snow just made it more... interesting. At least it wasn't raining, and the sun was out.

The project included volunteers from high schools, Troops, Packs, and a Crew member, too. Troop 321 made a good showing, and some of the Scouts brought siblings who were also really helpful.

The Troop helped label, rubber band, and count bags earlier in the week. Next Saturday we'll hit the streets and pick up the bags of canned food for our local food banks. This is a really big community project, and it's great to see our Scouts join in.

Project Feed a Neighbor part 1

Young and Old Working Together

"Project Feed a Neighbor" is an annual community event with the aim to restock our local food bank pantries. Dick Derby, our Troop's Charter Organization Representative, heads up this annual initiative and asked for the Troop's help.

The project consists of three parts:

• prepare bags for distribution
• distributing bags throughout the area
• picking up bags

Today the Troop gave our community volunteers a real boost when we showed up to help out with bag preparation. We cut down a task that usually takes three hours to two hours. Dick was very impressed and appreciative. I suggested he keeps are meeting dates and times in mind for future service opportunities. Our boys are enthusiastic volunteers, and we should be very proud of them. 

Hopefully the weather holds out for Saturday's distribution event. The event will run rain or shine (or snow).