Scouting for Food

“To Help Other People at All Times”
— from the Boy Scout Oath

Help the Boy Scouts of America help others as part of its annual food collection for local food banks and charities. Please place nonperishable goods in a recycled bag or box and put the package outside in view of the street by 9:00 A.M. on Saturday, November 20, 2010. Boy Scout Troop 27 will be picking these items up in Redwood Shores. 

Please, no glass containers or perishable foods. Please also no open containers or frozen foods.

Suggested foods include:

  • Canned Goods (tuna/chicken, fruit, vegetables, soups or chilli, spaghetti or ravioli)
  • Peanut Butter
  • Cereal or Pop Tarts
  • Pancake/Muffin Mixes
  • Crackers/Cookies
  • Instant Soup
  • Rice/Beans
  • Pasta
  • Powdered Juice/Milk
  • Dried Fruits
  • Snack Bars

Christopher M. Gee, Eagle Scout

On behalf of the Scouts, Leaders and the Committee of Troop 27, San Mateo, CA, Boy Scouts of America, it is our honor to announce that Christopher M. Gee has achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, and will be recognized in an Eagle Court of Honor Ceremony on Saturday, August 21, 2010.

The rank of Eagle Scout is Scouting’s highest honor. To achieve this rank, Christopher earned 21 merit badges. In addition, he had to complete an Eagle project involving the planning, organization and execution of a community service project. Christopher’s Eagle project involved assembling “emergency” backpacks for each classroom at the new Redwood Shores Elementary School in Redwood Shores. Each backpack contained an emergency vest, band-aids, sanitizers, a flashlight with batteries, and other emergency supplies.

Supplies and materials were generously donated by Sequoia Hospital, South County Fire Station #12 (Belmont), and Swinerton Management & Consulting. Financial contributions were received from many friends and neighbors.

Christopher has been involved in Scouting since he was a Tiger Cub at Sandpiper. He is a long-time resident of Redwood Shores and was a member of the first full (K-5) graduating class at Sandpiper Elementary School. He graduated from Ralston Middle School, and recently graduated from Juniperra Serra High School in San Mateo. He will be attending California State University East Bay in the Fall, majoring in biology.

Girl Scout Cadette Troop 724 Community Service Projects

Ralston Middle School 7th graders from Cadette Troop 724, alumni of Sandpiper, have teamed up with the Sandpiper PTA Green Team to help make a difference. At Sandpiper’s Fall Festival in October, the girls helped Sandpiper collect 150 pairs of athletic shoes for donation to the Nike Re-Use-A-Shoe Program. The shoes will be ground up and made into sport surfaces like running tracks, basketball courts, playgrounds, and soccer fields.  SAVE your athletic shoes and there will be another collection in May, 2010.

The girls also joined with Ecophones, an electronics recycling group, to collect old cell phones, iphones, ink jet cartridges, MP3 players and old laptop computers.  We are continuing our collection of these small electronic items throughout the school year. Starting in Jan.,2010, there will be a collection bin for Ecophones/Sandpiper PTA in the Sandpiper Community Center.  Please help Girl Scout Troop 724 and Sandpiper students GO GREEN with recycling your old and unused small electronic items.

— Submitted by Fran & Laura, Green Team Co-Chairs

Thanksgiving Food Drive

The Boy Scouts of Troop 27 will come by your houses on November 21st, 2009 to pick up canned/dry foods that will be donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank.  Last year with the support of Redwood Shores we doanted 1400 pounds, this year we hope to do better.  Thanks for your support

Check out the T27 web site at: http://t27.org/

Submitted by Saleel Awsare