"Stamp Out Hunger" Saturday

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Doing something about hunger is as close as your mailbox. Letter carriers in DC and across the nation will again bring the fight against hunger to millions of Americans mailboxes tomorrow as part of the 16th Annual "Stamp Out Hunger" Food Drive. This "drive plays a critical role in America's effort to aid families in need, especially in providing high-quality and high-protein food for their diets," says National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) President William H. Young. The NALC - which coordinates the annual drive - is hoping this year's drive exceeds last year's record of 70.7 million pounds of food delivered to local community food banks. "With rising prices for gasoline and food, an unbearable squeeze has been placed on family budgets, forcing many Americans to seek help for the first time from community food banks and pantries to get adequate nutrition," says Young. Donations can be left at your mailbox - before your letter carrier arrives - or taken to your local post office on Saturday.