Fourth grade Clarkston Junior Girl Scout Troop 70220 collaborated with Gleaners community food bank to collect food donations to help feed the hungry.
This is the first time the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts joined forces to do a community wide project, said Andrea Beauchamp, Troop 70220 leader.
Overall, 200,000 pounds of food was collected. About 160,000 pounds was from the Boy Scouts and 40,000 pounds was from the Girl Scouts.
‘That’s a great showing or the first year of the Girl Scouts participating,? Beauchamp said. ‘We have two overflowing Gleaners boxes, one filled with canned goods, the other with boxed items. The other two boxes are filled as well with an assortment of items.?