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United Way of Frederick County
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Pictured are, from left, John Brodbeck, Frederick Postmaster; Laura Hennessey, Frederick NALC Food Drive Coordinator; Reverend Brian Scott, The Religious Coalition for Emergency Human Needs; and Sarah McAleavy, Frederick Community Action Agency.
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Local Letter Carriers Join National Association of Letter Carriers
Annual Food Drive to Stamp Out Hunger
April 20th, 2007
FREDERICK, MARYLAND----The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) union will conduct its 15th annual national food drive to "Stamp Out Hunger" on Saturday, May 12 in more than 10,000 communities across America, with letter carriers collecting food donations as they deliver mail along their postal routes.
Frederick city and rural letter carriers will collect nonperishable food donations left by mailboxes and in post office lobbies and allocate them to The Religious Coalition for Emergency Human Needs for distribution to its network of food banks. Countywide, these food banks serve more than 725 families each month, according to the Reverend Brian Scott, executive director of The Religious Coalition.
"There has been an increased demand for food from working families whose income simply does not provide enough for housing, medicine, clothing and food. Too often children are forced to skip a meal," Reverend Scott said. "The NALC food drive comes at a time when donations are especially needed in advance of the summer months when children who rely on nutrition from school lunch programs will be without that resource," he continued.
Participating in the drive is easy. Residents are asked to leave nonperishable food donations in a bag near their mailbox on Saturday, May 12 before the arrival of their letter carrier. Preferred items include canned fruits and vegetables, canned meat, cereals, dry pasta, peanut butter, rice, soups, spaghetti, spaghetti sauce and tuna. Glass containers or out-of-date items should not be included. You may also bring your items to a participating post office during the week of May 5-12.
The nation's largest one-day food drive, the drive collected 70.5 million pounds of food nationwide in 2006. More than 1,500 branches in all 50 states participated. Last year about 20,000 pounds of food were collected by about 100 city and rural postal carriers in Frederick County. Local jurisdictions
participating in 2007 are Frederick, Emmitsburg, Thurmont, Middletown, Brunswick/Knoxville and Myersville.
Prime co-sponsors of the NALC Food Drive are the U.S. Postal Service, the AFL-CIO, The Campbell Soup Company, United Way of America and United Way of Frederick County, Valpak and America's Second Harvest. For additional information, contact your local post office or The Religious Coalition for Emergency Human Needs at 301-631-2675.
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