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Three local Charities Sponsor Food and Thurmont Daisies Help Students in Service
Clothing Drive Project
Three local charities—Thurmont Lions Club, Thurmont Food Bank, Courtesy Photo
and Trinity United Methodist Church (TUMC) Community Clothes Closet
Ministry—are joining forces to sponsor a food and clothing drive, in
recognition of Make a Difference Day, on Saturday, October 24, 2015. Make a
Difference Day is the nation’s largest day of volunteering. The annual event is
an initiative of USA TODAY, in collaboration with Points of Light, the world’s
largest organization dedicated to volunteer service. Millions of volunteers
around the world participate in local projects and events on Make a Difference
Day (the fourth Saturday in October). The Thurmont Lions Clubs and other
local organizations have sponsored a variety of projects during past years, and
are participating again this year by organizing a local food and clothing drive.
The Thurmont Lions Club has been serving the local community since
1929, and sponsors a variety of fundraising events and service projects to help
individuals and organizations in the local area. The Thurmont Food Bank,
located at 10 Frederick Road, supports many local families in northern Frederick
County by distributing donated groceries. The TUMC Clothes Closet Ministry,
located on the property of the Thurmont United Methodist Church on Long
Road, is open several times each month to help Thurmont-area families.
Thurmont Food Bank In need of Pictured are: (back row) Mrs. Locke (principal of TPS), Mrs. Hill, and Mrs. Welty; (front row) Ily,
Paige-Maree, Alice, Maria, Nova, and Amber.
Donations to Help Families in need When the young ladies of local Daisy Girl Scout Troop 81178 learned that
The Thurmont Food Bank served 338 households, made up of 1,431 some of their fellow students at Thurmont Primary School (TPS) wouldn’t have
school supplies this year, they unanimously decided they wanted to provide
individuals, in the month of August. Their need is up and their donations are them the school supplies they needed. The blue-vested Daisies, who are only
down. They need your help. five to seven years old, set out with the goal to create fifty bags of supplies to
Food that they need includes milk, eggs, margarine, tuna, canned green donate to their school.
beans, canned corn, canned fruit, peanut butter, pork and beans, and soup. With the help of their parents, they wrote a letter and signed it, requesting
Non-perishable foods can be dropped off in the entryway at the Thurmont donations for their service project. They then hit the sidewalks in town and
Food Bank, located at 10 Frederick Road in Thurmont, from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 patronized local businesses to tell them about their project. They also met with
p.m. on Tuesday and Friday. residents and tourists on hot, and sometimes rainy, summer Saturday mornings
Donations may be mailed to: The Thurmont Food Bank, P.O. Box 74, at the Thurmont Farmer’s Market with collection jar in hand. This was their
Thurmont, MD 21788. first experience with a public service project, and our caring and generous local
businesses, residents, and Mayor Kinnaird were happy to oblige with a kind
Scouting for Food Comes to Your Door in word and a donation.
Over the course of six weeks, the girls raised $425.00! The week before
november classes started, the girls met at the Thurmont Public Library and sorted all of
the purchased supplies into bags by grade for each student. They then delivered
Did you know that more than thirty million Americans, including six them to TPS, where they presented them to Principal Locke and the office staff,
million children, go hungry at some time every month? That today, there are who so kindly distributed the supplies to the necessary classes. They were able
more hungry people in our country than at any time during the past forty to provide enough bags for all of the students who wouldn’t have supplies, and
years? Emergency food providers across Maryland report an increased demand one bag of supplies for each pre-k classroom. While they fell just short of their
for services over the last three years, increasing their distribution from five fifty-bag goal, their project was a huge success!
percent to forty percent a year since 2000. They would like to thank everyone in the community who donated to this
The National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America proudly project, because without them, many of their friends wouldn’t have the tools
provides continuing support to the National Scouting for Food Good Turn. necessary to be successful in school. The girls exemplify the Girl Scout Law,
This program embodies one the highest ideals of scouting—service to the which they have been learning by heart throughout the summer: to be friendly,
community—by meeting the local needs of the hungry through the practical helpful, considerate, caring, courageous, and to make the world a better place.
application of the “Daily Good Turn.” They hope to continue providing service to our community in the coming years
This year’s Scouting for Food Program is just around the corner. Local Cub and are already bursting with ideas for future service projects.
Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venturing Crew members will be all over town placing
bags on neighborhood doors on November 7. On November 14, the scouts
will be back out collecting the bags, full of donated non-perishable items, and
then delivering them to local food banks. Your locally donated food items stay
in your community; scouts in Thurmont will deliver the collected food to the
Thurmont Food Bank to help our community.
Food banks all over the country rely on this annual food drive to stock their
shelves for the upcoming holiday months, when food demands are the greatest.
You can help by filling up the bag you find on your door on November 7, and
then placing it outside your front door on November 14. The scouts will do
the rest for you. Thanks in advance for helping out the Scout’s Good Turn
Program and helping your community.
Not sure what you should donate? According to our friends at local food
banks, some of the most highly needed items are: canned protein (tuna,
salmon, chicken, peanut butter); soups and stews (beef stew, chili, meat-
based soups); 100% fruit juices (all sizes); grains (pasta, whole grain pasta,
rice, brown rice, boxed macaroni and cheese); cereals (multi-grain, low sugar
cereals, oatmeal); canned vegetables; canned fruits; condiments; and hygiene
products (diapers, toilet paper, tissues, soap, toothpaste).
Three local Charities Sponsor Food and Thurmont Daisies Help Students in Service
Clothing Drive Project
Three local charities—Thurmont Lions Club, Thurmont Food Bank, Courtesy Photo
and Trinity United Methodist Church (TUMC) Community Clothes Closet
Ministry—are joining forces to sponsor a food and clothing drive, in
recognition of Make a Difference Day, on Saturday, October 24, 2015. Make a
Difference Day is the nation’s largest day of volunteering. The annual event is
an initiative of USA TODAY, in collaboration with Points of Light, the world’s
largest organization dedicated to volunteer service. Millions of volunteers
around the world participate in local projects and events on Make a Difference
Day (the fourth Saturday in October). The Thurmont Lions Clubs and other
local organizations have sponsored a variety of projects during past years, and
are participating again this year by organizing a local food and clothing drive.
The Thurmont Lions Club has been serving the local community since
1929, and sponsors a variety of fundraising events and service projects to help
individuals and organizations in the local area. The Thurmont Food Bank,
located at 10 Frederick Road, supports many local families in northern Frederick
County by distributing donated groceries. The TUMC Clothes Closet Ministry,
located on the property of the Thurmont United Methodist Church on Long
Road, is open several times each month to help Thurmont-area families.
Thurmont Food Bank In need of Pictured are: (back row) Mrs. Locke (principal of TPS), Mrs. Hill, and Mrs. Welty; (front row) Ily,
Paige-Maree, Alice, Maria, Nova, and Amber.
Donations to Help Families in need When the young ladies of local Daisy Girl Scout Troop 81178 learned that
The Thurmont Food Bank served 338 households, made up of 1,431 some of their fellow students at Thurmont Primary School (TPS) wouldn’t have
school supplies this year, they unanimously decided they wanted to provide
individuals, in the month of August. Their need is up and their donations are them the school supplies they needed. The blue-vested Daisies, who are only
down. They need your help. five to seven years old, set out with the goal to create fifty bags of supplies to
Food that they need includes milk, eggs, margarine, tuna, canned green donate to their school.
beans, canned corn, canned fruit, peanut butter, pork and beans, and soup. With the help of their parents, they wrote a letter and signed it, requesting
Non-perishable foods can be dropped off in the entryway at the Thurmont donations for their service project. They then hit the sidewalks in town and
Food Bank, located at 10 Frederick Road in Thurmont, from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 patronized local businesses to tell them about their project. They also met with
p.m. on Tuesday and Friday. residents and tourists on hot, and sometimes rainy, summer Saturday mornings
Donations may be mailed to: The Thurmont Food Bank, P.O. Box 74, at the Thurmont Farmer’s Market with collection jar in hand. This was their
Thurmont, MD 21788. first experience with a public service project, and our caring and generous local
businesses, residents, and Mayor Kinnaird were happy to oblige with a kind
Scouting for Food Comes to Your Door in word and a donation.
Over the course of six weeks, the girls raised $425.00! The week before
november classes started, the girls met at the Thurmont Public Library and sorted all of
the purchased supplies into bags by grade for each student. They then delivered
Did you know that more than thirty million Americans, including six them to TPS, where they presented them to Principal Locke and the office staff,
million children, go hungry at some time every month? That today, there are who so kindly distributed the supplies to the necessary classes. They were able
more hungry people in our country than at any time during the past forty to provide enough bags for all of the students who wouldn’t have supplies, and
years? Emergency food providers across Maryland report an increased demand one bag of supplies for each pre-k classroom. While they fell just short of their
for services over the last three years, increasing their distribution from five fifty-bag goal, their project was a huge success!
percent to forty percent a year since 2000. They would like to thank everyone in the community who donated to this
The National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America proudly project, because without them, many of their friends wouldn’t have the tools
provides continuing support to the National Scouting for Food Good Turn. necessary to be successful in school. The girls exemplify the Girl Scout Law,
This program embodies one the highest ideals of scouting—service to the which they have been learning by heart throughout the summer: to be friendly,
community—by meeting the local needs of the hungry through the practical helpful, considerate, caring, courageous, and to make the world a better place.
application of the “Daily Good Turn.” They hope to continue providing service to our community in the coming years
This year’s Scouting for Food Program is just around the corner. Local Cub and are already bursting with ideas for future service projects.
Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venturing Crew members will be all over town placing
bags on neighborhood doors on November 7. On November 14, the scouts
will be back out collecting the bags, full of donated non-perishable items, and
then delivering them to local food banks. Your locally donated food items stay
in your community; scouts in Thurmont will deliver the collected food to the
Thurmont Food Bank to help our community.
Food banks all over the country rely on this annual food drive to stock their
shelves for the upcoming holiday months, when food demands are the greatest.
You can help by filling up the bag you find on your door on November 7, and
then placing it outside your front door on November 14. The scouts will do
the rest for you. Thanks in advance for helping out the Scout’s Good Turn
Program and helping your community.
Not sure what you should donate? According to our friends at local food
banks, some of the most highly needed items are: canned protein (tuna,
salmon, chicken, peanut butter); soups and stews (beef stew, chili, meat-
based soups); 100% fruit juices (all sizes); grains (pasta, whole grain pasta,
rice, brown rice, boxed macaroni and cheese); cereals (multi-grain, low sugar
cereals, oatmeal); canned vegetables; canned fruits; condiments; and hygiene
products (diapers, toilet paper, tissues, soap, toothpaste).
