FOOD DRIVE EXPECTED TO FEED THOUSANDS OF HUNGRY FAMILIES.

MIDDLE TENNESSEE LETTER CARRIERS ARE ASKING THEIR POSTAL CUSTOMERS FOR FOOD. NOT BECAUSE THEY’RE HUNGRY, BUT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HELP FEED THOSE WHO ARE.

THE LETTER CARRIERS FOOD DRIVE WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY MAY 8, 2010. RESIDENTS FROM MIDDLE TENNESSEE COMMUNITIES ARE BEING ASKED TO PARTICIPATE BY PLACING NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS IN SPECIAL BAGS, WHICH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY CARRIERS THE WEEK OF MAY 3^RD, ALONG WITH WITH THE BAGS CUSTOMERS WILL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

CARRIERS AND VOLUNTEERS FROM THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA WILL COLLECT THE FOOD DONATIONS AS PART OF THEIR APPOINTED ROUNDS ON SATURDAY. PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT FOOD BANKS IN THEIR COMMUNITY. SECOND HARVEST ID THE UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION FOR THIS EVENT.

“YOUR LETTER CARRIER’S MAIL SATCHEL WILL BE A LITTLE HEAVIER, THE TRUCKS WILL BE A LITTLE FULLER, AND THE DAY WILL BE A LITTLE LONGER, BUT YOU WON’T HEAR THEM COMPLAINING” SAID CHRIS CUNNINGHAM, COOKEVILLE’S LOCAL FOOD DRIVE COORDINATOR AND A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION LETTER CARRIERS. THIS IS A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR LETTER CARRIERS, AND CUSTOMERS ALIKE TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY.

CHRIS CONTINUED, “LETTER CARRIERS WILL BE CONDUCTING FOOD DRIVES IN ALL FIFTY STATES, HOWEVER, WE IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ARE ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS EFFORT AS THIS WILL ENABLE US TO FILL THE PANTRIES OF OUR LOCAL FOOD BANKS.”

ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS AND THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, WE ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE TO JOIN IN THE EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR LESS FORTUNATE NEIGHBORS.