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Scouts outhustle hunger The Boy Scouts of Troop 147 put in an all out effort to collect food for those in need, visiting nearly every home in the township and collecting outside of a local supermarket. Their hard work paid off to the tune of more than 27,000 items collected, which was a record for the annual event. “This was an exhausting day, but a great way to teach the Scouts, especially the young Cub Scouts the meaning of helping others,” said former Commissioner Walt Smith, chairman of the project. “With higher food prices over last year the residents of our community were extremely generous.” The food that was collected was given to the Nutley Food Pantry, which is housed at the Nutley Family Service Bureau office on Chestnut Street. The collection has been an annual event since 2007 when 3,405 food items were collected. Smith said that the Scouts put in a lot of effort to get their year’s total as high as it was. “We were able to reach this remarkable total because our Scouts in Nutley worked extra hard to try to deliver a bag to every house,” Smith said. “A major effort was made to coordinate coverage of all streets in town.” Cub Scouts were also outside Nutley Park ShopRite on April 27 to accept donations from residents. More than 2,500 items were donated there. Smith said the Scouts wanted to thank the Nutley community for its generous donations. “I want to congratulate each of the Boy Scout Troop and Cub Scout Packs for their leadership in organizing their respective group to make the project a tremendous success and to the many Nutley Family Service Bureau volunteers for their valuable help at the Pantry,” Smith said. A total of 94 Scouts participated in the event that was organized by a committee
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Nutley Boy Scouts dropped off bags at every home in town and then returned a week later to pick up bags that had been filled with groceries. that included Smith, Co-chair Monica Suarez, Marisa Treglio of Pack 142, Krista Crumrine of Pack 141, Joann Kielblock from Troop 147, Katherine Carmichael, who is the executive director of the Nutley Family Service Bureau, Peggy Conca, who is manager at the NFSB, and Joan Roake, Food Pantry Manager. Several members of Nutley Mason’s Lodge 25 also helped out, Smith said. “Nutley Family Service Bureau gathered many additional volunteers to help at the collection site,” said Katherine Carmichael, executive director of the Bureau. “The day would not have
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been such a big success without the volunteer’s enthusiastic help. During February, the pantry served more than 300 households and nearly 700 people including many children and seniors, handing out more than 1,900 bags of food, Carmichael said. “We are tremendously grateful for the continued support that the Nutley Scouts and community members provide to programs like the Nutley Family Service Bureau’s Food Pantry. The Food Pantry relies on donations from this project to stock our shelves. Year after year the See SCOUTS, Page 4
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