Westfield Scouts plan to canvass Westfield neighborhoods between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Nov. 7 for the annual Scouting For Food campaign, gathering nonperishable food items to stock the shelves at Open Doors of Westfield.
“We have partnered with Open Doors for well over 20 years with a fall food drive and collected thousands of pounds of food each year to be distributed to Westfield families in need,” Troop 1070 Committee Member and food drive coordinator Danica Eyler stated in a news release. “We are proud to be Westfield based and help local residents.”
Over the past three years, local Scouts collected and sorted more than 4,000 pounds of food and were able to make a cash donation, as well.
“This annual Scouting food drive is impactful and aids in donating food at the right time,” stated Kurt Wanninger, vice president for operations for Open Doors. “This food will benefit the overall well-being of our community in more ways than most realize — the single parents making ends meet, the elderly person who has to decide between buying food for their pet or buying their meds, the child that will not go to bed hungry or go to school hungry and not be able to focus.”
Eyler stated that Scouti...