It’s not too
early to start thinking about, and planning for, the annual Letter Carriers’
Food Drive on Saturday, May 10. Between now and then, consider purchasing
a few extra canned goods each time you’re doing your grocery shopping. As
always, be sure to check the dates on the cans!
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Hard work and dedication have
served as the key ingredients to a successful Letter Carriers’ Food Drive ever
since it went national back in 1993—and there is no question that the same will
be true again this year on Saturday, May 10, when the NALC holds its 22nd
annual national drive.
On that special day, hundreds
of thousands of letter carriers, retirees, family members and volunteers will
take to mail routes in every state and territory across America, pick up sacks
of non-perishable food and deliver the goods to the food banks and pantries
that serve their local communities.
“It’s quite impressive that our
drive has managed to collect just under 1.3 billion pounds of food over the
past two decades,” NALC President Fredric Rolando said. “But what really counts
is that our extra effort each year on the second Saturday in May means that
some of the people who are most in need and who live in our own backyards will
be able to put a little more food on their families’ tables.”
Source: www.nalc.org
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