In a Super Bowl weekend tradition, Girl Scouts in Palmerton collected cans of soup for a local food pantry.

From Friday through Sunday, the Scouts set up shop inside Country Harvest Family Market.As of noon on Sunday, the Scouts had collected more than 2,400 cans of soup.Scouts have been holding the food drive each year since 2011.Last year they collected more than 3,600 cans, the most in the drive’s history.Organizers said the event provides a good opportunity for Scouts to experience doing good for someone without expecting anything in return.Scouts also took the opportunity to sell Girl Scout cookies to customers.After the canned soup donations are finished coming in, the soup is delivered to officers of the Christian Action Council of Palmerton Area Churches.