Food Drive Nets A Billion Pounds

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

The National Association of Letter Carriers announced last week that preliminary reports on this year’s national “Stamp Out Hunger” Food Drive May 8 – supported by metro-area NALC branches -- have pushed total donations to more than one billion pounds since the drive began 18 years ago  “Our union members are proud to provide a helping hand to the millions of citizens who recognize that hunger in America is a continuing problem and want to assist their neighbors in time of need,” said NALC President Fredric V. Rolando.  “Collecting these donations from the mailbox and taking them to local food banks and pantries is in keeping with our motto of ‘Delivering for America’.”