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Scouting for Food is an ongoing annual program of the Boy Scouts of America, [1] begun in 1985 by the Greater Saint Louis Area Council. [2] The program involves collecting for local food banks. It is organized at the local level throughout the country.
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA, ... Scouting for Food is an ongoing annual program begun in 1986 that collects food for local food banks. [147] In 1997, the BSA ...
The program was planned to be free, open-source, grassroots and a traditional Boy Scout program with no 501(c)3 non-profit status (so as to keep government interference to a minimum). [4] By October, the Scouts of St. George was forced, due to the BSA's ownership of the "Scouts" trademark, to change its name to "Troops of St. George". [13]
Burry's is a food manufacturer, founded as Burry's Biscuit Corporation by George W. Burry [2] in 1888 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. [1] It became a division of the Quaker Oats Company in 1962. [3] The company was one of the manufacturers of Girl Scout cookies from 1936 until 1989. [4]
In 1936, Girl Scouts of the USA began licensing commercial bakers to produce cookies, in order to increase availability and reduce lead time, starting with Keebler-Weyl Bakery. [17] Southern Biscuit Company and Burry Biscuit, [18] [19] both later acquired by the Interbake Foods division of George Weston Limited, were added in 1937. One hundred ...
James P. Fitch was Region Scout Executive for Region Nine (Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico) from 1920 to 1945 when he became General Manager of Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, New Mexico, and Phillips Properties for the B.S.A. Fitch was the man who encouraged Waite Phillips generosity to Region Nine throughout the 1930s, and accepted the gift of ...
The Greater Tampa Bay Area Council is the newest council in Florida and was formed by a merger of Gulf Ridge Council and West Central Florida Council on May 1, 2016. [3]The Greater Tampa Bay Area Council serves youth in Citrus, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Sumter counties.
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth social movement employing the Scout method.It is a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking, and sports.