Be a good Dem & Help Stamp Out Hunger - Sat. May 10th! Leave food by mailbox!

[Breeze54]

Help Stamp Out Hunger!

http://www.helpstampouthunger.com/

2008 Food Drive is letter carrier blitz against hunger
http://www.nalc.org/commun/foodrive/

Learn More » http://www.secondharvest.org/stampouthunger

May 10 is the nation's largest single-day food drive with
our friends at the National Association of Letter Carriers.

Letter carriers, with help from their sisters and brothers in the other postal crafts
and thousands of other volunteers, will stage a blitz on Saturday, May 10, to combat
hunger in America, conducting NALC’s annual “Stamp Out Hunger” Food Drive in every
U.S. state and jurisdiction.

The drive, in its 16th year, is the largest one-day food collection in the nation
and the biggest community service effort by any union affiliated with the AFL-CIO.

On the day before Mother’s Day this year, letter carriers will focus their efforts on
restocking the community food banks, pantries and shelters that millions of American
families will rely on throughout the summer.

More.....

To participate, leave food donations by your mailboxes on Saturday, May 10th.

Your letter carrier will pick them up and bring them to your local food pantry!

Who's Hungry in America?

Did you know that 35 million Americans are hungry or living on the brink of hunger?

See the faces and hear the words of the real people affected by hunger in the U.S.,

Video: http://www.helpstampouthunger.com/learnMore.aspx

and learn how America's Second Harvest food banks are helping.

Harlem Globetrotters

Video: http://www.helpstampouthunger.com/learnMore.aspx

True champions and pioneers of basketball, the Harlem Globetrotters are
committed to giving back to the communities that have supported them.

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Though thousands of local post offices will be participating in the program, some are unable to.

To find out whether your letter carrier is participating, search the USPS website for the contact

information for your local post office.

* Go to the U.S. Postal Service website---> http://www.switchboard.com/usps.1355/dir/6_0/index.htm?mem=1355

You can still bring donations to your local food pantry, if your letter carrier isn't able to do that tomorrow.

[BOSSHOG]

1. Our bag is filled up and waiting in the garage.

I truly love our Mail Lady and this is a great thing for the postal service to do.

Even if you are unaware and have not prepared, dig in your pantry and stick a can or two out in the mailbox tomorrow.

THANKS FOR THE REMINDER.

[Breeze54]

2. My letter carrier is pretty cool too!

I have a bag ready also! ;)

Thanks, BOSSHOG, for caring!! :hug:

[flpoljunkie]

17. Mine, too!

[GetTheRightVote]

3. Thank you for the reminder, I will leave some out tonight for my letter carrier !!

Go Obama Go !!!

[Breeze54]

5. Will it be safe from animals over night?

I'm glad you're helping...just like Obama did in Chicago.

[wryter2000]

4. K&R

Mine is packed and waiting for tomorrow morning.

To our postal workers -- thanks for doing the extra lifting. :yourock:

[Breeze54]

6. You rock too!

:yourock:

[lisa58]

7. I've got two bags waiting by the front door...

...thanks for the reminder.

[Breeze54]

8. No problem and ...

thanks for helping out! :yourock:

[tpsbmam]

9. Thanks for the reminder! I'd have forgotten...

I know I've been way better about remembering to bring my own bags to shop when I had one hell of a time finding a bag around here -- finally found an OLD plastic bag tucked away in my "pantry." Filled to the brim for tomorrow!

[Breeze54]

10. I forget my canvas bags a lot too...

I think I'd remember better, if stopped the 'spur of the moment'shopping and only shopped once a week! ;)

:yourock: for helping out!

[progdog]

11. Got it bagged

and ready to go. Thanks.

[Breeze54]

12. Very cool, progdog !

Thank YOU! :yourock:

Welcome to DU, if I haven't said it before this! :hi:

[Breeze54]

13. Can this OP get one more R , so everyone can read it and help?

:hi:

[Breeze54]

14. Thank You anonymous!

:yourock:

[Triana]

15. got a bag waiting for sat! n/t

[Breeze54]

16. You're awesome!

:yourock:

Did you sign the McCain petition about Fair Pay?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5905512

That may help eliminate a lot of people needing this help!

[Breeze54]

18. Oregon Letter Carriers Hope to Collect 2 Million Pounds of Food

Oregon Letter Carriers Hope to Collect 2 Million Pounds of Food

http://www.salem-news.com/articles/may072008/oregon_food_drive_050608.php

Most wanted foods include: tuna fish, soups, stews, chili, canned fruits, vegetables, beans, rice and pasta.

(PORTLAND, Ore. ) - Close to 3,000 letter carriers throughout Oregon and Clark County, Wash., will join with letter carriers across America to collect donations of nonperishable food from their postal customers during the annual National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive on Saturday.



Look for a yellow, plastic food drive bag in your mail during the first week of May. Fill the bag with nutritious, nonperishable food and place it by your mailbox early on Saturday. Letter carriers will collect nonperishable food donations left by mailboxes and take them to their local post office. Trucks will pick up the food and deliver it to regional food banks of the Oregon Food Bank Network. All donated food stays in the community where it was collected.

This year's goal is to collect two-million pounds of food during the National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive. Last year's NALC Food Drive raised more than 1.6 million pounds of food throughout Oregon and southwest Washington.

Most wanted foods include: tuna fish, soups, stews, chili, canned fruits, vegetables, beans, rice and pasta.

Do NOT include glass items, homemade items or previously opened containers.

More...

[Terri S]

19. Thank you for posting this

I already have 2 bags in the lobby of my building by the mailboxes. This government should hang its head in shame that anyone goes hungry here.

[Breeze54]

27. The monkey regime doesn't care and neither does Mclame!

But you do and everyone replying in these threads do...

...as do the postal workers! There's still hope yet for America! :D

Thanks, Terri S ! :hi:

[redqueen]

20. K&R

Thanks for this thread. :)

[Breeze54]

32. Thanks to you too, redqueen...

for kicking it! ;)

[Coexist]

21. its packe and wating by the front door.

[Breeze54]

33. Me too...

Mine's in my kitchen, near the mailbox.
I'll put it out in the AM. It's raining right now.

Thanks! :D

[libnnc]

22. Got it sitting by the door tonight.

Thanks for the reminder. :kick:

[Breeze54]

34. That's great!

You're quite welcome, libnnc! :D

[alphafemale]

23. I also included some canned kitty food. The fur babies in families need to eat too!

Thanks for posting the reminder.

[Breeze54]

28. That's a great idea, alphafemale !

The animals probably go without food first, if the owners are.

:yourock:

[bluesmail]

24. I wonder how many DUers are postal workers.

[Breeze54]

29. I think there are a few,

from what i read in LBN!

Welcome to DU, bluesmail !

Are you one of them? :shrug:

[bluesmail]

37. yes for 34 years I've been a rural carrier

and proud of it.

[Breeze54]

40. You have every reason to be proud of it!

You guys are awesome for doing what you're doing tomorrow! :D

:yourock:

[blondie58]

36. I am a proud member of NALC branch #47 in Denver, CO!!

and thank you, everyone for your help! There are many out there who need our help.

[Breeze54]

41. We are all thanking YOU for what you're doing!!

THANK YOU!!! :yourock:

:hi:

[Raine]

25. I'm getting mine ready now

I do it every year. :-) THANKS for reminding everyone! :thumbsup:

[Breeze54]

30. You're welcome, Raine!

Jeff Farias just announced it on NovaMRadio and on 1480 KPHX Phoenix, AZ! :D

[SeattleGirl]

26. Just filled up my bag, and will set it out on my way out of town tomorrow.

:toast:

[Breeze54]

31. Have a great trip!

:toast:

[Bluenorthwest]

35. The bag is filled and by the door

And the lovely letter carrier left a special bag to use, making it easy to do!

[Breeze54]

42. I didn't get a bag but I have bags I can use!

Thanks for helping! :hi:

[Fox Mulder]

38. I'm going to have to go to the store tonight and get some things.

Thanks for the reminder. :)

[Breeze54]

43. You're welcome, Fox Mulder!

:hug:

Maybe I better check my mailbox in the morning! :P

It was raining hard today, so I didn't want to go out there!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

39. That explains the plastic bag I found in my mailbox today.

Good, I have a fair amount of canned stuff I can fill it up with. Sounds like an excellent effort by the letter carriers.

[Breeze54]

44. They've been doing this for 16 yrs and it makes a huge difference!

Thanks for joining in for this very needed event! :D

[libnnc]

45. My carrier just left and didn't pick up my bag

It was right underneath my mailbox on the front porch (she left mail too).

I must have just missed her.

I know that not all carriers are participating but I assumed that mine was since I got a bag and reminder card in my mail yesterday.

Can't get anyone on the phone now at the local post office.....guess I'll have to take it myself to the food bank on Monday when they're open.