The Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America is gearing up for its annual “Scouting for Food” drive for the 27th consecutive year.

On Oct. 25, thousands of Scouts from across the state will be distributing door hangers to neighbors’ homes asking for donations of nutritional, non-perishable canned goods.

Donation pick-ups will take place the following Saturday, Nov. 1, starting at 9 a.m., and will be delivered to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.

Over 200 different Scouting Packs and Troops will participate in the drive, collecting canned goods from families and individuals throughout Rhode Island, Southeastern Massachusetts and Connecticut.

With the need for food assistance nearly doubling over the last five years, the Food Bank is looking forward to a successful collection.

“Every year we are so impressed with the incredible effort put in by the Scouts, their parents, their leaders and the community to make Scouting for Food a success,” Andrew Schiff, chief executive officer of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, said in a statement. “We are now serving 63,000 people each month through our statewide network of food pantries. The people we serve are facing impossible choices between whether to buy food or use their limited resources on rent, utilities, transportation and medicine. We encourage everyone to give generously this year and to donate healthy food that can be used to make a family meal.”

For more than 25 years, the Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America’s commitment to this cause has inspired community members to get involved.

Scouting for Food, the largest food drive in New England, is a cooperative effort supported by the Narragansett Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, WPRI-12 News, Fox Providence, the Rhode Island National Guard, The Valley Breeze and area fire stations.