Girls Scout Diamonds of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas
Brief Description of the Campaign:
The Spirit of Giving Campaign
is an annual statewide partnership to collect food and donations to support
local hunger relief organizations and the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance.The campaign will run from December 1, 2009 - December 18, 2009.
Each Participating
organization will be paired with a hunger-relief agency from their
community.For instance your girls scout
troop may decide to participate in the food drive.They will be given a local agency as their
partner.We will help get you "paired
up" with your local agency and will help you determine where and when to drop
off food that you have collected during the campaign.The local agency may be a soup kitchen, food
pantry or shelter. The Alliance
will get weekly reports from all participating locations as to the number and
amount of food.The Alliance will convert that information into
pounds received and KATV will report the combined total pounds of food in their
broadcasts.At the end of the drive, or
before if needed, the local partner agency will collect donated food from the
bank.
Participating troops will
compete with other troops in the state to determine who collected the most food
during the campaign.Based upon an
organization's registration information the amount of food they collected will
be turned into a pounds per person collected.This will allow large and small troops to participate on a level playing
field.Recognition will be given to
regional winners and the overall statewide winner.
What do you need to do to participate?
You must complete the attached registration
form and return it to the Hunger Relief Alliance
office by November 15, 2009. A packet of information will be
sent to you as soon as the registration is received.This packet will give you information about
what to collect, where to drop off donations, and how to publicize your food
drive.Everything you need to hold a
successful food drive will be in the packet.
KATV Channel 7 is a major
sponsor and will provide media assistance and coverage throughout the campaign.Participating troops may be called upon for
on site interviews and updates.
We hope you will consider this opportunity to
join in the Spirit of Giving during the 2009 Holiday
season.
