Local Letter Carriers Kick Off Annual Food Drive

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
"Many struggling workers are being forced to choose between buying gas for their car or food for their families," says Metro Council President Jos Williams who spoke at Tuesday's kick-off of Saturday's "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive. The annual national drive is organized by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC); NALC Branch 142 - which sponsored Tuesday's kick-off event - and 3825 are coordinating the local food drive. "This year's drive is particularly urgent," said Williams, "with food bank cupboards emptying and demand increasing." To participate in the drive, leave non-perishable food items near your mailbox this Saturday, May 10.