"Stamp Out Hunger". USPS food drive, Sat. May 9.

[niyad]

Do not forget that tomorrow is the Post Office Food Drive. The carriers will pick up your donated none-perishable food items set out by your mailbox. Mine and several of the other tenants' are set to go.

[LoisB]

1. My bag is packed, ready to be put out in the morning.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. Be sure to check with your letter carrier or post office to see if your route is participating. If you didn't get a bag

from your carrier this week, that route may not be participating.

[niyad]

3. Important consideration. I have never gotten a bag from my carrier,

and my donation has always been picked up. The PO in my neighborhood had a big sign about the drive when I was in there last Saturday.

[Moosepoop]

4. My mail carrier left two yellow bags.

I went to Dollar Tree and filled them both. A lot of canned items with pop tops so no can opener needed (ravioli, spaghetti w/meatballs, molasses baked beans, Vienna sausages), boxes of crackers with tuna and chicken salad, fruit cups, Jello cups, big bottles of flavored water with electrolytes, bags of beef jerky pieces, etc...). It all came to about $38.00.

l don't really have extra money to throw around, but I'm not homeless or going hungry and I feel for those who are.

The bags are pretty heavy, so I reinforced each yellow food drive bag with two Dollar Tree plastic bags from the purchase so that hopefully they won't rip.
I'll need to do something nice for the mail carrier, as she's surely going to get a workout tomorrow.

[mucholderthandirt]

5. My son reminded me when I got home from the hospital today. I hate to miss it, it helps the area.

Glad he did. I had some items I hadn't distributed to the local blessing boxes, so we had some good variety, plus we put in some canned vegs from the pantry. I'm hoping I can get out and about next week to fill up the local blessing boxes (our local libraries have drop off areas, too, very easy to put stuff there). I may still be too weak, but we'll see.