The Trapper Trails Council, Boy Scouts of America, raised over 160 tons of nonperishable food items for 16 agencies recently, thanks to the wonderful response from the public, particularly the businesses and community groups that supplied the large trucks to transport the food to the food banks.
Thanks go to the Hill Air Force 729th Radar Unit, the U.S. Army 96th Regional Support Command and the 854 QM Company Reserves, Smith's supermarkets, Interstate Barricades, General Store Transportation, Meadow Gold Dairies, Anderson Lumber, Englund Trucking, Ogden/Weber County Applied Technology Center, Transport Designs and Pride Transportation. Thanks also go to Weber County Commissioner Spencer F. Stokes, Ogden Mayor Glen J. Mecham, Barney Chapman of America First Credit Union, the LDS Church and the Hill Air Force 419th Reserves who provided backup support in event of any unforeseen situations.The food drive covered a tri-state area of northern Utah, Idaho and Wyoming and included 13 counties.
Ray McNeely, Council vice president over programs
Al Sonnenburg, program director
Ogden