Submitted by Kurt Weber
Watchung’s Cub Scout Pack 32 and Buffalo Wild Wings (BWW) restaurant in Watchung recently got together for a community service project that broke all previous records. With Scouts, parents, and BWW staff working side-by-side, exactly 1,000 utensil kits were packaged up for a county mobile soup kitchen. This amount crushed the previous number of kits made at the Pack by over 200. Each kit contained eating utensils and napkins along with a unique item from BWW: a wet-napkin. All the items were placed into a bag and given to the Samaritan Homeless Interim Project (SHIP), an organization that delivers hot meals from one of their mobile kitchens to needy people and families throughout Somerset County.
To date, the Pack has made over 3,000 utensil kits for SHIP in the last four years. The group’s director, Tom O’Leary (Eagle Scout), has said, “Thank you so much for all you boys do for us.” The Pack also extends a big thanks to the team at BWW in Watchung, particularly Holly, Jasmine, Jordan, and Brian. They were excellent hosts of the pack meeting, giving Scouts a tour of the facilities and teaching them about the hospitality industry. They also cooked up a lunch of their delicious wings, which was a huge hit. BWW didn’t stop there, though, they demonstrated the Scout motto of a Good Turn by donating all 1000 pieces of the utensil kits for the project!
Photos by Jordan McMeen
(above) Scouts, parents, and staff all helped assemble the kits at a rapid pace.
(above) The Pack poses with the donation.
(above) BWW staff happily carry out this special delivery.
