Pack 78 Scouts Box, Bake For Bravery!

Continuing their spirit of service to community and country, Cub Scout Pack 78, sponsored by the First United Methodist Church of Framingham, has completed another community service project and honored our military heroes serving overseas.
The scouts of Pack 78 donated items to be sent to members of the United States Army serving in Iraq. Each Cub Scout decorated and filled a shoebox with items that they felt soldiers would need. Gifts for the soldiers included books and magazines, toiletries, candy and small food gifts, clothing and small game items. With their box, each scout also included a personalized letter of greetings and thanks for their soldier. A total of about forty-five gift boxes are being forwarded by Pack 78 to their Army contacts in Iraq via the “Any Soldier” program. To help defray the cost of shipping their boxes to Iraq, scouts and their parents contributed baked goods including cakes, pies and cookies to be auctioned at Pack 78’s November pack meeting.
“This is just one of the many ‘feel good’ projects that our scouts complete each year. I feel that our Scouts really connected with the needs of others,” said David Lloyd, Cubmaster of Pack 78. “One of the major themes of our Pack is community service, and the Pack really demonstrated this. Our Cub Scouts and Pack leadership are very enthusiastic about helping others in need.”
Allison Hughes and Laura Miller, organizers of the events were also pleased with the results. “”It was great seeing our scouts come forward to help others, especially our military heroes” said Ms. Hughes. “The baked goods auction was a great success, with plenty of unique baked items”, said Ms. Miller, who also noted that the sale raised enough money to cover all postage and shipping costs for the project.