It’s easy to get lulled into a sense that everything is okay. After all, your kids go to bed every night in a warm home, in clean clothes, with full bellies.
But in households not very far from your own, that’s not at always the case.
In fact, according to the non-profit advocacy group Feeding America, 112,000 Gwinnett County residents — half of them children — spend at least part of the year unsure where their next meal will come from. And winter is often a time of increased need.
What’s the good news here? That you and your scout can help, of course.
Pack 564’s primary annual service project, Harvest for the Hungry, is rapidly approaching.
At the October pack meeting, your den leader will choose a neighborhood for your scouts to canvass, and on Nov. 1, boys from our pack, Pack 549 out of Mountain Park Elementary School and Boy Scout Troop 549 will fan out to distribute bags all over Lilburn.
Our pack is responsible for all neighborhoods north of Five Forks Trickum Road.
The pack has been doing this since 2006, according to Bradley O. Anderson, our pack’s chartered organization representative.
This is an important service project, a core element of scouting, and an opportunity for you to talk with your son about the importance of service, charity and goodwill. And the boys have fun, too.
So please make every effort to turn out on the morning of Nov. 1 and again a week later to help your boys unleash their inner heroes and help our neighbors in need.
If you have any questions, please ask your den leader or Julie Alcorn, the pack coordinator for this event.