31 - Citizenship in the Community

Merit Badge:  Citizenship in the Community
Counselor:  Leena Harral
Sponsor:  American Fork Fitness Center
Earned:  May 11, 2011



                       WEB: What did I have to do to earn this merit badge?

On of the requirements for this merit
badge involved giving 8 hours of service
to a charitable organization in my community.
I choose Community Action, the local
food bank.

I delivered food donation bags to 119 homes
in my neighborhood. 

Only 45 of the 119 homes donated food.  Even though
I wished more people would have contributed and
my feet hurt...

...it felt good to collect SOOOOO
much food.

After I collected the food, I sorted it into
groups to help out the food bank.  Here I'm
making a pile of macaroni and cheese.

My mom's best friend, Kathy Jensen, helped me
sort the food into bags.  She gathered up several bags
of tomato products.

After the food was sorted and loaded into
our van we dropped it off at the
Community Action loading dock.
The guy to the left of me is one
of the food bank employees and he
told me that the bin holds about 1000 lbs
of food.  The food I brought filled up about
half of the bin.  That means that my
neighbors donated about 400-500 lbs
of food!