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Show Local Letter Carriers Food ; Drive Held On Saturday SALT LAKE CITY Letter carriers car-riers from throughout the state will be collecting food donations while making their appointed rounds on Saturday, May 8. Utah letter carriers carri-ers are hoping to fill local food bank shelves which are traditionally bare this time of year. Utah residents are being asked to participate by placing nonperishable food in a bag near their mailbox prior to mail delivery on Saturday, May 8. All food will be distributed to local food banks. Last year Utah letter carriers collected col-lected over 500,000 pounds of food enough to provide over 160,000 meals for hungry Utah children and adults. Statistics show that children chil-dren eat 60 percent of all meals provided by the food bank, and that 40 percent of all meals are provided to the working poor. The Letter Carriers Food Drive is the largest single-day food drive in the nation. "I'm confident that our custom- ers' generosity will parallel the en- ; thusiasm that's been exhibited by . our letter carriers for this food i drive" said Steve McNees, Salt ' Lake City Letter Carrier and Presi- : dent of Branch 1 1 1 of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC). "It may mean a heavier mail satchel and maybe a few sore muscles, but the burden will be eased by knowing that our efforts will help feed families in need." Letter carriers from hundreds of cities in all 50 states will take part. The NALC is a postal labor union representing more than 300,000 members who have a long history of service to their communities. |
