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Americus Residents Help
Every second Saturday in May,
letter carriers in more than 10,000
cities and towns across America
deliver much more than mail when
they walk and drive along their postal
routes. They also collect the goodness
and compassion of their postal
customers who participate in the NALC
Stamp Out Hunger National Food
Drive — the largest one-day food drive
in the nation and probably the world.
Led by letter carriers represented
by the National Association of Letter
Carriers (AFLCIO), with the help
of rural letter carriers, other postal
employees and numerous volunteers,
the drive has resulted in delivery of
nearly one billion pounds of donations
to community food banks and pantries
over the past 17 years.
Carriers collect non-perishable food
donations left by mailboxes and in
post offices and deliver them to local
community food banks, pantries and
shelters. Nearly 1,500 local NALC
branches in all 50 states are involved
in the drive.
Many Magnolia Manor residents
from the Americus campus have saved
canned goods to be able to “give back”
to others they say. It is really neat to
see the residents coming together to
contribute to a good cause such as
this food drive.
The mail carrier, Gloria Harltley,
for the Magnolia Manor of Americus
says, “Every year, the Magnolia Manor
independent residents are major
participants in the USPS Stamp Out
Hunger food drive.” Gloria’s route
gets the most donations in town, and
our residents are a big part of that.
She had already emptied her truck
once, and it was filled up again just
from her stop at the Manor. She said,
“It’s so much fun coming here— it’s
like an Easter egg hunt… I love to see
people blessing other people.”
Pictured above is resident Kathleen
Pope, who contributed to this food drive.
Food being loaded on the dock at the post office
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