Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC) has given the Chain Bridge District the  "Community Partner Award"  for 2016 our Scouts efforts on Scouting For Food.  This happened June 5, 2016.

A special thanks toall the Scouts, parents, and coordinators for their wonderful effort this yearand years past, espeically including Sameena Sabir (for preparing themaps and helping with logistics) and to Troop 1128 who helped receive and weigh1144's food donations  Their good work is appreciated!

Here is the text of the award:

COMMUNITY PARTNER AWARD: Chain Bridge District of the Boy Scouts of America.

In recognition of the Chain Bridge District of the Boy Scouts of America's tremendous efforts coordinating the Scouting For Food drive each November.  AFAC's largest food drive ever year, the Scouts have collected more than 945,000 of food for AFAC since 1995.

With the grateful thanks of the AFAC Board, staff, volunteers, and all of the families served by AFAC

signed by: Charles Meng, Executive Director and Laura Jackson, Director of Volunteer Services.

June 5, 2016.

From Pack 1144:

Thank you to all Pack 1144 scouts, parents, and adult volunteers who participated in Scouting for Food! This year has been a huge success. Your dedication and resilience to the rainy and cold weather of the past two weekends enabled the Pack to collect more than 1,300 lbs of food and put in dozens of service hours! A couple huge "thank you"s go to Sameena Sabir (for preparing the maps and helping with logistics) and to Troop 1128 who helped receive and weigh 1144's food donations. I will share the final weigh-in once available. Thank you again for your service to this worthy cause. Many will have a more joyous holiday season thanks to you. Joanna Fitzmaurice 

From Chain Bridge:

In 2015 our scouts and volunteers collected 77,259 pounds of food overall. 60,600 pounds of food were delivered to the Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC), 13,105 pounds were delivered to SHARE of McLean, 3,020 pounds were delivered to Food For Others (FFO) and 534 pounds of late pickups were delivered to various places. This a bit of an increase from the past few years. Our scouts collected 59,031 pounds in 2012, 73,696 pounds in 2013 and 71,864 in 2014.