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(OPEN):
ON SATURDAY, MAY 11TH, IN AMERICA'S LARGEST SINGLE-DAY FOOD-DRIVE,
LETTER-CARRIERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL AGAIN PICK UP BAGS OF
NON-PERISHABLE FOOD-PRODUCTS LEFT FOR THEM BY HOUSEHOLDS ON THEIR USUAL
ROUTES--AND DELIVER THOSE DONATIONS TO LOCAL FOOD-BANKS AND -PANTRIES.
JO ANN JENKINS IS THE PRESIDENT OF A-A-R-P
FOUNDATION--WHOSE "DRIVE TO END HUNGER"-INITIATIVE IS A
CO-SPONSOR OF THE 21ST-ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER
CARRIERS' "STAMP OUT HUNGER"-FOOD-DRIVE…
(JENKINS):
"16-PERCENT OF
ALL AMERICANS--AND, ACCORDING TO OUR RESEARCH, NEARLY NINE-MILLION
OLDER-ADULTS--ARE AT RISK OF HUNGER--AND OFTEN ARE UNCERTAIN WHERE THEIR
NEXT MEAL MAY BE COMING FROM. LAST YEAR, LETTER-CARRIERS COLLECTED
OVER 70-MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD--RAISING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF
DONATIONS, OVER THE HISTORY OF THE DRIVE, TO ONE-POINT-TWO-BILLION
POUNDS. LETTER-CARRIERS WILL AGAIN DO WHAT THEY CAN DO, TO HELP
ALL AMERICANS: NOT ONLY DO THEY DELIVER OUR MAIL, BUT OVER THE
LAST TWO DECADES, SIX DAYS A WEEK, THEIR UNIQUE NETWORK--WHICH INVOLVES
REGULAR VISITS TO EVERY HOME IN AMERICA--HAS BEEN INDISPENSABLE IN
HELPING TO 'STAMP OUT HUNGER'."
(CLOSE):
THE FOOD-DRIVE TAKES PLACE ON THE SECOND SATURDAY IN MAY, EACH YEAR.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT
"HELP-STAMP-OUT-HUNGER"-DOT-COM.
