Monday, April 9, 2012

WPB NALC Branch 1690 Announces Food Drive Kick-Off Promotion


NALC Branch 1690 is having a food drive kick-off on Thursday, May 3, at 9:00 am at the Holy Name of  Jesus Church at 345 S Military Trail in West Palm Beach. Feeding South Florida and the church will be providing food for the hungry at the kick-off. If you have any questions please contact Starr Hunter at 561-818-3123.

May 12 will mark an important milestone for the NALC’s Stamp Out Hunger national food drive.

“It’s our 20th anniversary,” NALC President Fredric Rolando noted. “For two decades now, our annual national drive has proved critical in helping millions of American families—our customers—who are struggling to make ends meet during this continuing recession.

“Each year, the second Saturday in May is a day when all citizens have an opportunity, with the help of their letter carrier, to easily donate food to needy families in their community,” he said.

The drive, the largest one-day food-collection event in the nation, has been a success every year, Rolando said, but the needs are particularly sad, even staggering, in 2012.

“Sixteen percent of all Americans are at risk of hunger—uncertain where their next meal may be coming from. That includes 1 in 5 children under the age of 18, plus 4 million seniors who are forced every day to choose between paying a utility bill and buying food,” he said.

“Last year, despite many obstacles, letter carriers proudly collected 70.2 million pounds of food, raising the total amount of donations picked up over the history of the drive to more than 1.1 billion pounds,” Rolando said. “With help from our brothers and sisters in the rural craft, alongside other postal employees and volunteers, letter carriers will do what we can again this year to help all Americans.”


Additional information is posted at www.nalc.org/commun/foodrive/.


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