For twenty-nine years, Boy Scout Troop #112 has coordinated a Holiday Food and Gift Basket program in Glide.   With the help of numerous community volunteers, the troop brings holiday cheer to hundreds of Glide residents. 

Boy Scout Troop 112
Glide, Oregon
2013

Though the Scouts ramrod this event, countless community members join in the effort.  Honor Society students from Glide High School, volunteers from Helping Hands Food Pantry, and dozens of caring citizens give of their time, talent, and financial resources.  Tons of food items are donated by generous community members and more are purchased with donated money.  Names from the Angel Tree  are picked up and Christmas presents are delivered. 

It is truly inspiring  how this community rallies behind this project.  Neighbors reaching out to help neighbors.

Here is a list of  items that were included in the food baskets:
turkey or chicken, ham, hamburger patties, milk, eggs, orange juice, margarine, cheese, pancake mix & syrup, canned soup, chili, cooking oil, stuffing mix, tuna, peanut butter, jelly, bread, cranberry sauce, instant oatmeal, canned fruit, canned vegetables, mayonnaise, ketchup, potatoes, onions, carrots, oranges, apples, bananas, fig newtons, paper towels, dish soap & sponges, toilet paper, toothpaste, toothbrushes

 
This year the venue changed from the middle school gym to the high school gym

Thursday night the a crew of community volunteers label and set out empty boxes.

Friday morning the purchased food items are carted in.


Some of the Honor Society girls begin bagging fresh produce into individual bags.   Hundreds and hundreds of apples, oranges, and onions are bagged.		  
A small army begins sorting the community donated non-perishable can goods.
  

What a generous community we live in!
   There are piles and piles of cans.

Now the fun really begins.
Food is distributed into the waiting boxes.
Scouts of all ages help.

 It takes some serious repacking to make all that stuff fit.
WOW!
   

It takes teamwork.
At last, the boxes are all done.

Saturday morning, the Scout Master gives his safety talk and tells the boys to enjoy the day.
Now it's time to add the perishables -
milk, eggs, cheese, turkey . . .


Piling it on.
Filling the trailer so multiple deliveries can be made in one single trip.

There's all kind of jobs and everybody
pitches in to help. 
This day generates a lot of empty boxes.
Though the work is hard because the boxes are so heavy, you see nothing but smiles all day.

 
Delivery day crew.




Click here to see the 2012 Event 
Click here to see the 2010 Event
   
 
 

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