Help Postal Carriers Stamp out Hunger
The annual food drive by the National Association of Letter Carriers will be held Saturday. Simply leave a bag of non-perishable food items next to your mailbox before the carrier usually arrives.
Set out a bag (or several) of non-perishable food items next to your mailbox on Saturday before your mail carrier arrives, and you'll help the National Association of Letter Carriers in its annual food drive—and a local charity. "It goes to your local food bank," said Gary Bluestone, president of the Branch 84 of the association, which covers 104 zip codes within Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and Washington counties. Each district designates the local food bank or church that will receive the donations. For the Canon-McMillan area, food donated will help the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. The "Stamp Out Hunger" Food Drive is in its 20th year, and may be the largest food drive in the nation. The Pittsburgh area collected about 300,…
