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 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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