WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Postal workers in Lycoming County help collect thousands of pounds of food for their community every year.

Members of the nonprofits that receive support from that collection stopped by the post office on Thursday to say thank you.

Most every morning, you’ll find dozens of mail carriers starting their day sorting through the mail the post office in Williamsport. They usually collect mail, but one day a year, these mail carriers collect food.

It’s called Stamp Out Hunger, and every year for 27 years, just before Mother’s Day, this post office sends out letters to residents in the Williamsport area asking them to leave out nonperishable foods. WNEP