Green Mountain United Way Promotes Letter Carriers’ Food Drive
The annual National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive for local food shelves took place on Saturday, May 8, 2010 with several letter carriers in our region participating.
This 18th annual event is the largest one-day food drive in the nation. In 2009, a record 73.4 million pounds of non-perishable food was collected for a grand total of 982.7 million pounds collected in the past 17 years. In these times of extreme hunger among many, this drive is more important than ever. “Millions and millions of families are suffering, struggling to make ends meet and put food on the table,” says NALC President William Young. “More than ever food …pantries…need our help this year. As families count on them for support, they’re counting on us and we must not back off on our commitment.”
Postal workers from the Barre, Barton, Canaan, Derby, Derby Line, Montpelier, Newport, North Troy, Northfield, Randolph, Waitsfield, Waterbury, Williamstown, and other post offices collected non-perishable food items on their routes on May 8th. All donations will go to local food shelves for local distribution. The Green Mountain United Way is assisting in this distribution. As soon as the total weight of donated canned goods is known, it will be posted on this page.
For more information, call GMUW offices at 802-229-9532, or visit http://www.nalc.org/commun/foodrive/index.html.