{"id":19475,"date":"2017-05-16T15:22:31","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T20:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=19475"},"modified":"2017-05-16T15:22:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T20:22:31","slug":"a-good-cause-another-successful-stamp-out-hunger-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2017\/05\/16\/a-good-cause-another-successful-stamp-out-hunger-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A good cause\u2019 &#8211; Another successful Stamp Out Hunger drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-thumbnail link-fullfeature\"><a title=\"Oak Park Station, MI, Letter Carrier Robert Stubbs collects food during the May 13 Stamp Out Hunger food drive.\" href=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/fooddrive_large-story.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[25977]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width  wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/fooddrive_large-story.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/fooddrive_large-story.jpg 900w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/fooddrive_large-story-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/fooddrive_large-story-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/fooddrive_large-story-120x80.jpg 120w\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"link-caption\">Oak Park Station, MI, Letter Carrier Robert Stubbs collects food during the May 13 Stamp<br \/>\nOut Hunger food drive.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>USPS News Link &#8211; 5\/16\/17 &#8211; Postal Service employees helped support the 25th Stamp Out Hunger food drive across the nation May 13.<\/p>\n<p>Led by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), employees collect donations during the one-day annual event for local food pantries.<\/p>\n<p>The national total is still being tallied, but many communities are reporting hundreds of thousands of pounds being collected.<\/p>\n<p>More than 225,000 pounds of food were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktts.com\/news\/local-news\/nearly-225000-pounds-of-food-collected-during-stamp-out-hunger-food-drive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>collected<\/em><\/a> in Springfield, MO, while Grand Rapids, MI, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therapidian.org\/letter-carriers-collect-record-amount-food-during-stamp-out-hunger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>reported<\/em><\/a> 200,000 pounds of food.<\/p>\n<p>Other areas saw record totals.<\/p>\n<p>More than 4,500 pounds were collected in Williamson, WV.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have worked here for 15 years and this is the most food we have collected,&#8221; Williamson Customer Services Supervisor Matthew Newsome <a href=\"http:\/\/williamsondailynews.com\/news\/11206\/stamp-out-hunger-drive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>told the Williamson Daily News<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The food drive has collected more than 1 billion pounds of food since 1993.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are in a position to help a lot of people,&#8221;\u009d said Bowling Green, KY, Letter Carrier Ron Henry. &#8220;It&#8217;s wrong if we don&#8217;t do what we can to help feed those in need.&#8221;\u009d<\/p>\n<p>This was the first food drive for Fort Lauderdale, FL, City Carrier Assistants Anibal Flores and Nick Deasey. &#8220;This was fun,&#8221;\u009d they said. &#8220;We are helping so many people.&#8221;\u009d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been a letter carrier for 32 years and have participated in all 25 food drives,&#8221; said Troy, MI, Letter Carrier John Miesch. &#8220;It&#8217;s a good day and a good cause.&#8221;\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oak Park Station, MI, Letter Carrier Robert Stubbs collects food during the May 13 Stamp Out Hunger food drive. USPS News Link &#8211; 5\/16\/17 &#8211; Postal Service employees helped support the 25th Stamp Out Hunger food drive across the nation May 13. 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