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Published May 09, 2009, 07:30 AM

Letter carriers on food drive today

The 17th Annual National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger National Food Drive is today. The effort by letter carriers represented by the NALC, with the help of rural letter carriers, other postal employees, and numerous other volunteers has resulted in delivery of nearly 1 billion pounds of donations to community food banks and pantries over the past 16 years.

The 17th Annual National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger National Food Drive is today.

The effort by letter carriers represented by the NALC, with the help of rural letter carriers, other postal employees, and numerous other volunteers has resulted in delivery of nearly 1 billion pounds of donations to community food banks and pantries over the past 16 years.

“This Stamp Out Hunger Drive is a tradition entering its 17th year of success, and has be-come the largest 1-day food drive in the country,” said Postmaster General John E. Potter. “The generosity of our customers has filled food banks and pantries all across the nation. Our employees will further demonstrate their powerful reach into each of their communities and how our assistance helps those in need.”

In 2008, the drive collected 73,113,915 pounds of food for the needy from postal customers. That brought the total for the first 16 years to 909 million pounds.

Letter carriers will collect nonperishable food donations left by mailboxes and in Post Offices and deliver them to local community food banks, pantries, and shelters. Nearly 1,500 local NALC branches in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands are involved in the drive.

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