Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Do Your Grocery Shopping Today for Letter Carrier Food Drive in May

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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