Community Delivers Over 100,000 Pounds Of Food To ‘Stamp Out Hunger’

May 17, 2011

Area residents really delivered Saturday when asked to help the hungry during the annual “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive.

MANNA Food Bank brought in over 100,000 pounds of food to stock up for the summer with the help of letter carriers and over 200 volunteers. MANNA serves Escambia and Santa Rosa counties with food distributions in Ensley, Gonzalez, Jay , Milton, Molino, Myrtle Grove and Pensacola.

In Atmore, letter carriers collected 8,973 pounds of food to benefit the hungry through Atmore Christian Care Ministry.

Each year the National Association of Letter Carriers holds the “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive, where U.S. Postal Service employees pick up donations of non-perishable food along their routes.


Comments

4 Responses to “Community Delivers Over 100,000 Pounds Of Food To ‘Stamp Out Hunger’”

  1. mail carrier on May 19th, 2011 2:26 pm

    It is a great cause!!! Century Post Office was also involved. We carriers also picked up A Lot of food!!! A big thanks to everyone that donated.

  2. Granny B on May 18th, 2011 10:53 am

    This a wonderful cause, but on the downside of things, too many items have been donated with expiration dates. It is imperitive to look for the expiration date before using. I would not want anyone to become ill because of this.

  3. Thoughtful on May 17th, 2011 11:09 am

    Such a worthy cause. I have been contributing for years to the “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive. The U.S. Postal Service is to be commended for the hard work this drive requires.

  4. Tracy on May 17th, 2011 7:08 am

    Thank you Atmore for your generosity!! I would also like to thank Pat Reynolds and Ronnie Lehman (retiree) for volunteering their day to help the Carriers.

    Tracy Macks
    National Association of Letter Carriers
    Atmore

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