Scouting Around - Issue 28 - May 2018

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Scouting for Food Launches for 3rd Year Calendar of Events June 2 — NLC Training (Chaguanas) 2 — Cub Scout Leaders Meeting

The largest youth organisation in Trinidad and Tobago, ScoutsTT, is once again “Scouting for Food”. Its third annual national food drive launched on United Way’s National Day of Caring on May 20, 2018, when members of the 1st Naparima College Sea Scout Group collected food at JTA Supermarket, C3 Centre before delivering the donations to The Hope Centre in San Fernando.

Donations of dry goods and toiletries can be made at the bins located at JTA, Xtra Foods and Massy Stores supermarkets, where scouts in uniform will be present on weekends to promote the drive and assist with the collection of donations. The food collected will be distributed to families identified by scout groups in their districts across the country and to homes by the national office.

5 — World Environment Day 9 — Wood Badge Training (HQ) 15 — Eid Ul Fitr 19 — Labour Day 22-24 — National Youth Forum 23 — National Totem Pole Finals 30 — National Leaders’ Indaba

headquarters@scouts.tt 1(868) 624-7271 www.scouts.tt

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Scout receives donation from customer

Corporate T&T is also urged to get involved with this initiative by setting up collection bins at their work places. To learn more about Scouting for Food including how to get involved, contact Scout Headquarters at 624-7271 or check the Facebook event page “Scouting for Food 2018”.

Scouting for Food is aligned to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number two: “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.” As SDGs are now a part of the Scout Program internationally, and incorporated into our local program, a major goal of the project is to get our young people to understand the problem and how they can be part of the solution. The project started two years ago after recognising that more than twenty percent of the country’s population lives below the poverty line and eight to eleven percent are undernourished. Scouting for Food aims to educate the public of this issue among so many and engender a commitment to community, volunteerism and helping each other. Offloading collections at Hope Centre


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