Northern Illinois Food Bank is pleased to announce the Northeast Illinois Council of Boy Scouts is conducting the annual "Scouting For Food" drive throughout Lake County.

On Saturday, March 3, 2007, the Scouts distributed empty bags and instructions on how to support the "Scouting for Food" drive to local residents at their homes. The following Saturday, March 10, 2007, the Scouts returned to the homes to collect the filled bags of dry or canned foods - 45,171 pounds were gathereded this year! This food was taken to NIFB for sorting, sanitizing, packaging and distribution to partner agencies.

Sunset Food Stores once again partnered in this effort by providing bags for the Scouts to deliver and also used these bags in stores to help encourage shoppers to participate. Barrels for food donations were at the following Sunset Food Stores through March 10, 2007.

Sunset Food Stores
1812 Green Bay Road, Highland Park
825 S. Waukegan Road, Lake Forest
1127 Church Street, Northbrook
1451 W. Peterson Road, Libertyville

NIFB also had trucks on-site at the Sunset Food Stores in Highland Park, Lake Forest and Libertyville and at the Kmart, 400 Rollins Road, Round Lake. Donations are always accepted at the Lake County Branch of Northern Illinois Food Bank, Willow Business Park, 473 Keller Drive, Park City.

For further details, please feel free to contact the Lake County Branch at 847.336.3663 or email hunger@northernilfoodbank.org for more details.

To learn more about the Northeast Illinois Council of Boy Scouts, click here to visit www.neic.org.