Scouts Food Drive

Milford Boy and Cub Scouts will again lend helping hands to collect and sort food over a 48-hour period so at the Milford area’s less fortunate families can celebrate Thanksgiving this year. Troop 1 of Milford is the Food Drive host this year.

The scouts will camp out round the clock at Milford’s Wasson Field over 2 days, collecting and sorting food donations from generous residents and staffing tables at local supermarkets.

The collection camp-out begins at noon Friday, November 11 through Sunday, November 13 at the Wasson Field Main Parking Lot, West Main Street behind the Parsons Complex.

Participating in the collection are Boy and Cub Scouts of Packs  7, 13, 17, 709, 712, 196 and 926 and Troops 1, 196, 303, and 926.

They’ll be collecting frozen turkeys, non-perishable food items and monetary donations to provide at least 200 Milford families with Thanksgiving meals as well as the Beth El Shelter and Milford Food Bank.

In addition scouts will be staffing tables at Milford’s two Stop & Shop stores, ShopRite and Adams Supermarket that are serving as drop-off points.