Scouting for Food

Service
Written By Christopher Simmons

Saturday, November 9, 9a–11a
Saturday, November 16, 9a–1pm
Bernal Heights

On Saturday, November 9 we will distribute flyers in the Bernal Heights and Diamond Heights neighborhoods, encouraging people to place food donations on their doorstep for pickup the following week. This shift will be from approximately 9:30am – 12:30pm. Scouts going on the Mt. Tam campout will depart for camp directly from this event. We will need two adults and 4–8 Scouts for each location. The more Scouts we have, the quicker it goes.

The following week, November 16 we will return to pick up donated food items. In addition, we will staff tables outside of Good Life Grocery (Bernal) and Safeway (Diamond Heights) to collect food donations from shoppers. We will need at least one driver to help Scouts collect food and two adults to accompany the table. Scouts will split their time between staffing the table and neighborhood pickup.

For those who are new to the troop, this is one of our most popular events of the year. Scouts from all over the City will be out collecting food for the SF Marin Food Bank. It makes a huge difference for those in need as we enter the holidays. The conversations we have with neighbors are always very rewarding and it’s great community visability for the troop.

We hope to see you there!

 
Christopher Simmons
Christopher Simmons is a Canadian-born, San Francisco–based designer, writer, design advocate and educator. He also loves hamburgers. As principal and creative director of MINE™, Simmons designs and directs brand and communication design projects for clients ranging from Facebook, Microsoft, and Simon & Schuster, to the Nature Conservancy, SFMOMA and Obama for America. His work has been exhibited internationally at galleries and museums, including the Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, the Pasadena Museum of California Art and the Museum of Craft and Design; it is also included in the permanent design archives of the Denver Art Museum. In addition to writing for design publications and blogs (including two of his own), Simmons is the author of four books—the most recent of which, Just Design, focuses on design for social change. Simmons served as president of the San Francisco chapter of AIGA from 2004–2006 and founded San Francisco Design Week, prompting then-mayor Gavin Newsom to issue an official proclamation declaring San Francisco a city where “Design Makes a Difference.” Simmons was recently named one of the “50 Most influential designers working today.”
http://www.christophersimmons.is
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