Community Corner
Kids Give Back: Palatine Girl Scout Troop Delivers $200 In Peapod Groceries to Local Food Pantry
Last month, Palatine Girl Scout Troop #41930 made a delivery of $200 worth of Peapod groceries to Palatine Township Food Pantry as the culmination of their Kids Give Back curriculum, courtesy of Peapod.
The Kids Give Back program teaches children about how many people in this country – and in the local area – are without access to healthy food on a daily basis. It also includes lessons on what people need in their diets, covering the basics about proteins, fats, sugar and more to give students a perspective on what to look for when they shop for food. Armed with that information, the students go online to Peapod.com where they sort groceries by nutritional content and by cost, and place a food order funded by Peapod that benefits a local food bank. Through the 11 troops, Peapod is donating $2,200 to food pantries in the region. In addition, Peapod is donating $200 to each troop that completes the program to help fund supplies for scout activities. In total, Peapod’s Kids Give Back donation is $4,400.