Boy scouts in north Iowa are changing how they collect food donations while also social distancing.
Forecast is coming up./// it's been a tradition for boy scounts in forest city for decades now.
Going door to door to collect food donations for the communities food bank.
Kimt news three's nick kruszalnicki joins us live to tell us how the pandemic has changed their game plan.
Nick?
Yes george and katie ?
"* with o many people in need these days, the boy scouts had to come up with a solution ?
"* a way to collect food donations from people, while keeping everyone safe from the pandemic at the same time.
"this is way different, we're hoping it turns out.
We're hoping we can do the best we can for the food bank."
There's no way covid?
"*19 is keeping these folks from helping out the hungry in their community.
The solution ?
"* a drive through food drive.
Cindy brockhohn (brock?
"*honn) says they have to keep the shelves full.
"they do feed a lot of people at the food bank and the food is pretty limited right now and so they really wanted us to still do something and this was the best option we could come up with to help them out."
Safety is a priority at the food drive.
Brockhohn tells me how they are leaving the coronavirus out in the cold.
"all of our boys will be masked and gloved so we're trying to keep it as clean as we possibly can."
The rain wasn't keeping marsha casler from stopping by.
"i had extra and i figured there's got to be somebody that doesn't have any.
So, this will help out somewhere."
She praises the boy scout troop for the innovative plan to hold a drive through food drive.
"i thought this was a really good idea.
I like the signs they have up, because i if you didn't have a chance to donate today ?
"* there's anothr opportunity on saturday from 8 a?
"*m until noon.
Live in mason city, nick kruszalnicki, kimt news 3.
Thanks nick.
Covid?
"*19 has hit food banks particularly hard.
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