Indiana—The Anderson Church Pathfinder club is committed to serving the community in an effort to spread the love of Jesus. Generally, the club participates in one to two hours of community service each month. During the month of November 2006, the club donated eight hours of their time to benefit others.

It is an annual tradition for the Anderson club to conduct a food drive in November each year. The club acquires paper grocery bags from local stores, attaches a letter of purpose to each bag, and distributes the bags door to door in the community. The letter attached to the bag not only identifies who the Pathfinders are and what they are doing, but also lets the bearer know that club members will return to collect the filled bags.

Although the food drive activity requires a lot of work, it is very rewarding and even fun. The Pathfinders enjoy competing with each other to see who can collect the most bags or number of items, which only benefits the drive more. This year, the club successfully collected an abundance of food items. The club normally distributes 12 Thanksgiving baskets from their efforts, but this year they were able to supply 18 baskets to families in need.

The Pathfinders were rewarded further by personally delivering the baskets and visiting with the recipient families. It was a joy to see the attributes of Jesus demonstrated by 16 young people.

Amy Rhodes, Anderson Pathfinder Club director