Boy Scouts will be collecting nonperishable food donations for local food banks today throughout Prineville, Redmond, La Pine and Bend.

The food collection is part of Scouting for Food, a national Boy Scout program started in St. Louis in 1985.

Troops (Boy Scouts) and packs (Cub Scouts) have designated areas where they will be going door-to-door with parents and leaders to collect donations from doorsteps where residents were previously notified of the food drive, or to knock and request donations.

Food will be delivered to a Salvation Army truck parked in the south Bend Albertson’s parking lot from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Resident are welcome to drop off food donations there as well.