Pack 29, with Edgerton United Methodist Church made sure Thanksgiving dinner was still served this year.  They conducted their first annual Scoutsgiving, a community Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 22.  They were able to prepare and serve more that 140 meals.  The meals were cooked, packed and picked up or delivered.  Scouts and Scout leaders worked together to not only prepare the food, but they also created thank you cards to accompany the Thanksgiving dinners to go.

Meals were prepackaged and community members could choose between pick up or delivery.  Community members who chose delivery were greeted with a festive giant turkey.  After the day’s deliveries wrapped up, Pack 29 was able to give back to the community by donating a significant number of dinners to the Williams County Homeless Shelter, which was a “bonus” says Cubmaster Erika Lockwood.

Community members shared through Facebook that the dinners were yummy and included juicy turkey. Many thanks were given to the Scouts for such a great meal.  Pack 29 says the real thank you goes to “the community for your support as Scouting would not be as strong in the Edgerton Community without it!”

Through Scoutsgiving the Scouts were able to learn hard work, service to others and to earn their own way during projects such as this one.  Older Scouts experience planning and organization skills. Any way you slice the turkey, Scouts learned to Be Prepared.