It’s tough being hungry – and especially in an affluent place like Fairfax County. So each year, local Boy Scouts conduct a food drive to so families in need will have something to eat.

Last weekend, they delivered empty grocery bags throughout the Centreville and Chantilly area. Now, they’re hoping the residents who received them will fill them up with lots of food for Western Fairfax Christian Ministries’ (WFCM’s) food pantry, and place the bags outside their front door, this Saturday, Nov. 8, before 9 a.m., for pickup.

The Scouts will be collecting non-perishables items, such as canned soup, meats, vegetables, fruit, cereal, rice, oatmeal, macaroni and cheese, pasta and sauce (no glass jars), peanut butter and jelly, dried beans, canned tomatoes, etc. Scouting for Food is the largest food drive of the year for WFCM’s food pantry, as the Scouts go through the neighborhoods and bring approximately 50,000 pounds of food to WFCM on that one day.

However, it’s a big job and a great deal of territory to cover, so more then 150 youth and adult volunteers are needed to help throughout the day with this Sully District area Scouting for Food drive. Shifts are available for set up and tear down, sorting, crating and transporting of food on Friday-Saturday, Nov. 7-8.

Volunteers are also needed to help with the final clean-up of the borrowed, parking-garage facility in Chantilly where the collected items will be brought on Saturday for sorting. Youth may work with a team of friends and earn community-service hours. For more information and to sign up, contact WFCM’s Volunteer Manager Annette Bosley at abosley@wfcmva.org.