Green Mountain United Way Assists with Letter Carriers' Food Drive
The 19th annual National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive was held on Saturday, May 14, 2011 with several local postal workers participating. It was a very successful day for everyone. Green Mountain United Way assisted through advance promotion of the event.
In Green Mountain United Way's five-county region, at least 17,388 pounds of non-perishable food items were donated by postal customers and distributed by the letter carriers to local food shelves. Said one postmaster, "The results…certainly speak volumes about the community's generosity and the caring attitude of our employees… I see the food drive as a reflection of the tradition and spirit of community service that postal employees demonstrate every day."
Local postal employees who participated include those from post offices in Barre, Barnet, Barton, Bradford, Canaan, Chelsea, Hardwick, Island Pond, Lyndonville, Marshfield, Montpelier, Newport, Northfield, North Troy, Plainfield, Randolph, Waitsfield, Waterbury and Williamstown.
The food shelves benefiting from these contributions include:- Hedding Church, Barre, VT
- St. Monica's Catholic Church Food Shelf, Barre, VT
- Montpelier Food Pantry at Trinity Church, Montpelier, VT
- Marshfield Food Shelf, Marshfield, VT
- CERV, Northfield, VT
- Williamstown Lutheran Church, Williamstown, VT
- Randolph Area Food Shelf, Randolph, VT
- Duxbury Elf Shelf, Duxbury, VT
- Waterbury Food Shelf, Waterbury, VT
- Chelsea Food Shelf, Chelsea, VT
- Bradford Churches, Bradford, VT
- Hardwick Food Pantry, Hardwick, VT
- Kingdom Community Services, St. Johnsbury, VT
- Lyndon Area Food Shelf, Lyndonville, VT
- Jay Food Shelf, Jay, VT
- Orleans Federated Church, Orleans, VT
- North Country Food Pantry, Canaan, VT
- Northeast Kingdom Community Action, Canaan, Island Pond and Newport, VT
This event is the largest one-day food drive in the nation. Last year a record 77.1 million pounds of food were donated across the country bringing the total amount given since the project's 1993 inception to more than 1 billion pounds. Final 2011 nationwide totals will be posted here as soon as available. For more information, call GMUW offices at 802-229-9532, or visit http://www.nalc.org/commun/foodrive/index.html.