Scouting for Food is a way to teach young scouts "to HELP other people" at all times. They go door to door through their neighborhood wearing their uniforms and collect food for the hungry. Adult Leaders and Parent volunteers supervise the collection process, but the boys do the work. This is an opportunity for boys to learn that not everyone is fortunate enough to have good food all the time. It is also a valuable opportunity for them to experience the generosity of their neighbors who donate food, and from that to learn that what they are doing is important.

Scouting for Food is an annual event held during the month of October. Our scouts leave plastic bags at houses during a designated week asking citizens to fill the bags with non-perishable food items. We then return on Saturday morning of the same week and collect bags filled with food which have been left outside by citizens. All food collected is donated to the Goddard Lions Club Food Pantry to assist less fortunate families in the Goddard area during the holiday season.