Take part In the postal letter carriers national food drive this Saturday, May 12th!

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Take part in Letter Carriers' food drive Saturday
8 May 2012

Remember to place a bag of non-perishable food items near your mailbox early on the morning of Saturday, May 12, and your letter carrier will pick it up. That’s the date for the 20th annual “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive, organized nationwide by the National Association of Letter Carriers.

The food drive is the nation’s largest one-day food collection, helping to restock local food shelves. The metro area goal for this year’s food drive is to collect more than 1.2 million pounds of food, which will be distributed to local emergency foodshelves by Second Harvest Heartland.

Letter carriers will be picking up donated food along their routes and bringing the donations to local post offices and to waiting trucks at selected Cub Foods locations.

Volunteers will be needed at the Cub Foods locations to help unload letter carrier vehicles and load the larger trucks. For a list of locations, and to volunteer, visit http://www.2harvest.org/site/PageServer

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[Romulox]

1. Thank you for posting this. I will be sure to put together a donation. nt

[HopeHoops]

2. K&R - we always put out about two paper grocery bags full of food.

Keep this kicked!!!

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4. Thank you. Keep it kicked!

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3. Putting together my food donation now. My spouse will add some later.

[mrmpa]

5. Thank you for posting..........

I live in a high rise and our regular carrier retired. We have a different postal carrier each day and unlike the retired carrier, none of the new ones posted a sign about it. I will go shopping tomorrow. I was a teacher and I always think about the kids when I donate. Since summer is coming up, I look for powdered fruit drink mixes, cereals, and other "kid friendly" food. I also look at the sugar and carbohydrate percentages on the items, also.

[Blaukraut]

6. Thank you for the reminder! Got the bag a few days ago and almost forgot about it n/t

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7. Just got the bag today from the letter carrier and a post card reminder!

Hope everyone else is getting the bag and reminder.

[GoCubsGo]

8. I just put a bag together.

Got a post card reminder yesterday. Hope I remember to put out the bag on Saturday. Last time, they came early and I missed them.

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9. Perhaps you should put out the bag on Friday night just before you go to bed.

They should get it no matter how early they come on Saturday!

[GoCubsGo]

10. I'll put it out after I get back from morning spin class.

Or, maybe when I go out to get the paper. I don't want somebody swiping it overnight.

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11. Good point. That can happen.

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12. Kick for Thursday night DU'ers

[flvegan]

13. Kick!

Got my bag in the mailbox today. Thanks for posting this. I was going to do so not seeing it, but a quick search later, and I'm here with a kick and a rec!

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14. Thanks for the kick!

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15. Reminder. Pick up is tomorrow!

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16. Please help keep this kicked to remind DU'ers to contribute to the food drive if they can.

[myrna minx]

17. Thanks for posting this - my letter carrier is always thrilled to see big bags of food for the drive

[aikoaiko]

18. My son is attending a 7-year birthday party where the birthday girl asked for food donations...

...to turn over to the letter carrier instead of presents.

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19. Don't forget to make your food donation!

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20. Today is the day! Please contribute.