Maybe it’s not Minnesota, but it does get cold in the Valley of the Sun. So a group of Mesa Girl Scouts are trying to keep the homeless and working poor warm with a coat collection drive.

Boy Scout Troop 14 and Cub Scout Pack 278, as well as. other Cub Scout packs and Boy Scout troops throughout the valley, are once again participating in the annual Scouting for Food event on Saturday, Feb. 5. You may see flyers hanging on doors throughout your neighborhood the week prior asking for contributions. If you are able to donate non-perishable food items, simply place the items out for collection on the morning of Feb. 5th and the boys will collect the items which will then be donated to local food banks.

Boy Scout Troop 14 and Cub Scout Pack 278, as well as. other Cub Scout packs and Boy Scout troops throughout the valley, are once again participating in the annual Scouting for Food event on Saturday, Feb. 5. You may see flyers hanging on doors throughout your neighborhood the week prior asking for contributions. If you are able to donate non-perishable food items, simply place the items out for collection on the morning of Feb. 5th and the boys will collect the items which will then be donated to local food banks.

FOUR PEAKS - A scout troop involving Two adults and six children ages 12 to 13 were found to be okay, after they went missing Saturday night in the Four Peaks area.

Kyrene de la Altadeña Middle School seventh-graders Alexandra Gutierrez, Abigail Kany, Rebecca Kim, Ashley Ong, Nora Wagner, and Sonoran Science Academy seventh-grader Ryann Yount dedicated more than 52 hours each in planning, organizing, making, and teaching others how to make Positioning Pillows. In all, the girls from Girl Scouts Cadet Troop 2292 made 131 pillows that they donated to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Cardon Children’s Medical Center at Banner Desert Hospital in Mesa.

Kyrene de la Altadeña Middle School seventh-graders Alexandra Gutierrez, Abigail Kany, Rebecca Kim, Ashley Ong, Nora Wagner, and Sonoran Science Academy seventh-grader Ryann Yount dedicated more than 52 hours each in planning, organizing, making, and teaching others how to make Positioning Pillows. In all, the girls from Girl Scouts Cadet Troop 2292 made 131 pillows that they donated to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Cardon Children’s Medical Center at Banner Desert Hospital in Mesa.

The members of Girl Scout Troop 635 know that life in other parts of the world isn’t as easy as it is here.

A local Boy Scout troop is hosting a fundraiser to help offset a trip they are planning to Philmont Scout Ranch in northern New Mexico in July. The donations collected will help to pay for the camp and the backpacking gear required for the trip. The will have opportunities to participate in horseback riding, gold panning, rifle shooting, burro packing, archeology, rock climbing, mountain biking, fly fishing etc.

A local Boy Scout troop is hosting a fundraiser to help offset a trip they are planning to Philmont Scout Ranch in northern New Mexico in July. The donations collected will help to pay for the camp and the backpacking gear required for the trip. The will have opportunities to participate in horseback riding, gold panning, rifle shooting, burro packing, archeology, rock climbing, mountain biking, fly fishing etc.

"Open the door," "I heard a car," "I think he's coming," 10 nervous girls crowded around the front door of an Ahwatukee Foothills home waiting to meet the soldier they had spent hours selling cookies for.