It is the 12th annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive conducted by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC). Postmen are asking local residents to place sacks of non-perishable food items beside their mailboxes.
Since the drive started postal workers have collected and delivered 587 million pounds of food, as 6.1 million pounds were collected nationwide in 2003 and the postal workers hope to collect even more.
The carriers will pick up the food as they make their rounds and the food cupboard will collect from the post office n ext week. Food drive officials ask that all the food be non-perisable items and no glass containers.