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Communities aid letter carriers' food drive effort
by Outspoken on Mon May 12, 2008 7:16 am
Communities aid letter carriers' food drive effort
By Meg Haskell
Staff Writer Bangor Daily News
Neighborhood letter carriers in eastern Maine collected an estimated 130,000 pounds of donated foods for local charities on Saturday during the 16th annual one-day food drive sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers.
Letter carriers from more than 70 community post offices took part in the food collection, picking up nonperishable items from home addresses in Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington, Waldo and Hancock counties. Postal patrons were notified of the food drive last week and instructed to leave donated food items near their mailboxes for letter carriers to pick up when they delivered the mail on Saturday.
Mike Tapper, event coordinator for local co-sponsor United Way of Eastern Maine, said Sunday that the collected food was brought directly to area distribution centers, sorted by a small army of volunteers and handed off to local food pantries, soup kitchens and homeless shelters. By Saturday evening, the food was all distributed, he said.
The amount of food donated this year is roughly equivalent to last year’s donations, Tapper said.
"We were worried, given the state of the economy, that there might be a significant drop in donations this year," Tapper said. "But we were very pleased that the community stepped up to the plate the way it did."
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=164230&zoneid=500
By Meg Haskell
Staff Writer Bangor Daily News
Neighborhood letter carriers in eastern Maine collected an estimated 130,000 pounds of donated foods for local charities on Saturday during the 16th annual one-day food drive sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers.
Letter carriers from more than 70 community post offices took part in the food collection, picking up nonperishable items from home addresses in Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington, Waldo and Hancock counties. Postal patrons were notified of the food drive last week and instructed to leave donated food items near their mailboxes for letter carriers to pick up when they delivered the mail on Saturday.
Mike Tapper, event coordinator for local co-sponsor United Way of Eastern Maine, said Sunday that the collected food was brought directly to area distribution centers, sorted by a small army of volunteers and handed off to local food pantries, soup kitchens and homeless shelters. By Saturday evening, the food was all distributed, he said.
The amount of food donated this year is roughly equivalent to last year’s donations, Tapper said.
"We were worried, given the state of the economy, that there might be a significant drop in donations this year," Tapper said. "But we were very pleased that the community stepped up to the plate the way it did."
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=164230&zoneid=500
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