 Every fall the Boy Scouts of America hold their annual popcorn sale and today they opted to make a donation of popcorn to the U.S. military. Both Cub and Boy Scouts were on hand to make a special presentation at the Bemidji Armory. The Scouts wanted to show support for our servicemen and women through the product donation. Local members of the U.S. military were on hand to accept the special donation. For many Scout leaders, it's a proud moment. I think it's really cool actually that they're wanting to see it all the way through to the end and to see that their donations and their hard work that they actually put forth last fall, they can see the end result of that here and how it's giving back to our community. Beyond the Yellow Ribbon will now take the Scouts donation and send it out to an air guard unit in Duluth, which is stationed currently outside the coast of Saudi Arabia. Members from Beyond the Yellow Ribbon feel that it's uplifting to see youth get involved with military projects. I always love when youth gets active and involved with military projects or service in general to the community. I think that that is fantastic. I think youth and service is an amazing thing and it keeps them out of trouble, which is fantastic. Local Scouts ended up donating more than $3,000 worth of popcorn. Great job by them. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.