Start the next century of Girl Scouting by fighting hunger

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Hunger Statistics:

According to the Association of Arizona Food Banks, for the third straight year, one in five Arizona households (20.5%) in 2011 reported not having enough money to buy food that they needed during the previous twelve months for themselves or their family. This ranks Arizona 15th worst in the country in food hardship rate for the second year in a row, and continues a trend of high food hardship rates (20.8% in 2010; 20.5% in 2009; and 18.8% in 2008, the first year data was tracked). Nationally, food hardship hit 18.6% in 2011, an increase from 18.0% in 2010 and the highest rate ever recorded.

What it means:

Most likely, you know someone who is suffering from hunger. A friend, a child, a family, a coworker; it could be anyone. Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona is taking action to fight hunger. Throughout the month of October, our goal is to help Interfaith Community Food Bank by collecting 50,000 pound of food. As we launch the next century of Girl Scouting, we would like to challenge each family, troop, or group to collect at least 100lbs of food. That’s about 100 canned food items.

Please consider joining us for these educational workshops throughout October.

Fit, Fun & Fabulous
Join us October 6, 2012 from 11am-1pm at the Tucson Mall for this health & wellness event. Bring a non-perishable food item to donate if you can and stop by the Bag-a-Thon table to learn about emergency food boxes, what we can do to make them healthier, and participate in a service project. Open to the whole family. Bring a friend for more fun!

Hunger Hits Home
Join us October 9, 2012 from 6pm-9pm for a swim-up movie at the Hacienda. We will watch Hunger Hits Home, a Food Network documentary that follows the lives of three families and their struggle with hunger. Please bring a non-perishable food item to donate if you can and come prepared with ideas about how we can fight hunger in our community. Open to the whole family, lifeguards will be on duty.

Volunteer Opportunity
Join us at the Interfaith Community Services Food Bank on October 13, 2012 from 9am-11am. Help sort and distribute food and learn about what it takes to run a food bank. This opportunity is limited to 10 girls, ages 13 and up. If you would like to sign up, please email Kristi directly at kpallack@girlscoutssoaz.org.

Bag-a-Thon Wrap-up
Join us on October 20, 2012 at Edward Jones. Bring all the food items that you’ve collected and come prepared to celebrate! There will be Eegee’s provided thanks to Edward Jones Investments, and an amazing celebration of service with all of the groups participating in the Bag-a-Thon. 10355 N La Canada Drive | Oro Valley, Arizona | 85737 | It will be on the SW Corner of La Canada and Lambert. There is a Subway Sandwich Shop on the corner of the plaza.

Resources to Help along the Way

• 2010 World Thinking Day Resource Guide- all activities centered on hunger and poverty, for every age level.
• Ambassadors: Justice journey focuses on food justice and the decision making process
• Seniors: Sow What journey focuses on food networks and global food issues.
• Cadettes:
• Juniors:
• Brownies:
• Daisies: Between Earth and Sky journey focuses on growing food locally.