Rhode Islanders can once again help families in need with this year’s Scouting for Food drive.

On Saturday, Oct. 26, local Boy Scouts of America will go door to door, hanging flyers asking for donations of nonperishable food items. Then, the following weekend, the Scouts will return to pick up the donations and deliver them to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank .

If you receive a door hanger and can donate to the drive, the Scouts ask that you put the canned and boxed goods in a bag, attach the door hanger and put it outside your front door by 9 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2.

The most needed items are healthy foods such as canned vegetables, canned tuna, soups, peanut butter and cereal.

Donations can also be dropped off at sites around Rhode Island and Massachusetts , and monetary donations can be made on the food bank’s website .

Each year, Scouts in our community collect as much as 200,000 pounds of food to help our neighbors in need.

WPRI 12 & FOX Providence are proud media partners of the annual Scouting for Food Drive .

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