Suffolk takes care of her kids.

“Just look at this mountain of food people gave us for the homeless,” said 10-year-old William Kelly, a Webelo in Suffolk Cub Scout Pack 73, gesturing toward tables stacked high with canned foods in Magnolia United Methodist Church on Tuesday.

“I am amazed at how many people put food out for us,” he said. “They didn’t have to do all this.”

Earlier this month, the pack sponsored a canned food drive for ForKids Inc.’s Suffolk House as one of its community service projects, said Cubmaster Dan Boehning. Three weeks ago, scouts left empty grocery bags and a note about the project at homes in the Applewood, Burnett’s Mill and Olde Mill Creek subdivisions, he said.

Last Saturday, the Scouts canvassed the neighborhoods, picking up filled grocery bags off porches. Some bags were overflowing with canned products and the nonperishables preferred by ForKids, Boehning said.

“We went to a few and found an empty sack or one with a single can … and a cash donation,” Boehning said. The pack presented Lisa Ellsworth, a Suffolk representative of ForKids, with 325 bags of food and $43 in cash donations on Tuesday, he added.

“I was flabbergasted,” said Lory Horne, committee chairman for Pack 73. “I don’t think we have ever had this many food donations at one time. I wasn’t expecting it.”

The Scouts, who are between first and fifth grades, said they like the idea of helping children who are less fortunate than themselves.

Wolf Scout Michael Maggio, 8, said he went from house-to-house in Applewood until “we could not fit any more bags in my car.”

“We carried a lot of bags,” he said. “I want to help people … and I’m being tolerant, respectful and kind.”

Noting that Scouts were careful to avoid anywhere that had “no soliciting” signs posted, Tiger Scout Kyler Brookman, 6, said he had a message for everyone who donated.

“I would tell them all thank you,” he said.

Webelos Cub Scout Kaden Moore, 10, agreed, saying people in Suffolk care for the homeless.

“They need to know that someone cares,” he said. “People helped because they knew it was the right thing to do.”