Scout Service Projects

Join Scouts Nationwide to help all corners of our communities!

As we have throughout our history, Scouting families have answered the call to work together in service of the greater good. From public health drives, to caring for the environment, to assisting neighbors in need, Scouts have always been a force for positivity and goodness in our communities.

Follow along with SVMBC as we announce local partnerships and ways you or your unit can participate. Opportunities will be listed on this page, on our Facebook page, and in Scouter Weekly.

Take a moment and report what service project you completed.
This information is used to communicate the broad impact of Scouting service in our community.

Scouting for Food 2025

November 15th: Collection Day

Scouting for Food is an annual food-collection drive, and one of the many service projects Scouting America has conducted since 1910. 

870,000 Bay Area residents and a quarter million residents in our council geography lack adequate access to food. Scouts can help make an impact by participating in the annual Scouting for Food drive.

This annual effort for Scouting in the Greater Bay Area is coordinated in November. Door hangers (design here) are provided in early October for Scouts to distribute to neighbors and businesses during the weeks of October 25 to Nov 14, requesting donations to be picked up on November 15th after 9:00 am.

The plan is simple:

  1. Print off and read the 2025 Scouting for Food flier.
  2. Scouting for Food Door Hangers (design here) can be picked up from both Scout Service Centers (San Jose and Monterey). You can participate as an individual, family, or unit.
  3. Please contact your District’s Scouting for Food Chair to select the area where your unit will distribute door hangers the week of October 25th to November 14th.
  4. 2025 Scouting for Food Google Map
  5. Pick up the food left outside of the homes on November 15th after 9:00 am, and deliver it to a local food bank or pantry.
  6. Log your efforts on the Service Hours Report form
  7. Please report your service before December 1st.

Food collected during this drive stays in neighborhood that it was collected.  

Anytime Service Projects

A group of scouts and an adult are collecting and organizing bags of groceries outdoors.

To share a service opportunity or to ask any questions – contact Ian McFadyen, Council Service Chair or Alex Parks, Staff Advisor.

Is your unit doing a service activity? Share with a post on social media and include hashtags #summerofservice #svmbc. 

We also have Yard Signs for Cub Scouts and Scouts BSA that units can use while working. Please contact us at 408-638-8300 to get yours today!

We would love to showcase your activity! Send your photos to marketing@svmbc.org

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