Letter carrier food drive

[Susie Hamilton]

The food drive is this Saturday, May 10. The food collected is given to the local food bank in your area. I love doing this each year. It is a big contest to see who can collect the most food. Just put the cans of food in a bag and leave it by your mailbox. One year I picked up a bag and started to walk away. I thot the bag was very light. When I looked at it, it had dirty baby diapers in it. Yes I dropped it very quickly.

[RamboPreacher]

The food drive is this Saturday, May 10. The food collected is given to the local food bank in your area. I love doing this each year. It is a big contest to see who can collect the most food. Just put the cans of food in a bag and leave it by your mailbox. One year I picked up a bag and started to walk away. I thot the bag was very light. When I looked at it, it had dirty baby diapers in it. Yes I dropped it very quickly.

is that a local thing? i have never heard of it before, and don't see anything about it at usps.com

[Susie Hamilton]

It is a national thing. It won't be listed on the usps website because it is sponsored by the letter carriers union, not the usps. Here is the link.

http://www.nalc.org/commun/foodrive/index.html

[RamboPreacher]

It is a national thing. It won't be listed on the usps website because it is sponsored by the letter carriers union, not the usps. Here is the link.

http://www.nalc.org/commun/foodrive/index.html

thanks
but I thought it was illegal to put non-mail in the mail box. our church has gotten in a lot of trouble in the past; especially after a few years back when there was all the mailbox bombings.

[Susie Hamilton]

Put it beside your mailbox, not in it. And yes it is illegal for anyone but postal workers to put anything in mailboxes, not even UPS or Fedex can put their mailings in there. We are instructed that if people put fliers in mailboxes to pull them out and bring them back, the manager will contact the organization and explain that the usps looses postage (revenue) this way. I usually leave them if I see they are from churches.

[RamboPreacher]

Put it beside your mailbox, not in it. And yes it is illegal for anyone but postal workers to put anything in mailboxes, not even UPS or Fedex can put their mailings in there. We are instructed that if people put fliers in mailboxes to pull them out and bring them back, the manager will contact the organization and explain that the usps looses postage (revenue) this way. I usually leave them if I see they are from churches.

ahhh - just watched the video - okay. kewl idea. i hope they pick it up tomorrow.

[Susie Hamilton]

It is Saturday, not tomorrow.

[RamboPreacher]

It is Saturday, not tomorrow.

right - day before mothers day. you know what i mean. (worked remotely/from home today, I am off a day - hehheheehee)

[Penny]

my kids got the mail today and it had a bag in the mail box.. with a note that told about this../

[Pastor Gary]

They do it every year here, and our carrier left two blue plastic bags a day or so ago. The food banks do a great work and deserve our support.

[JustJay]

Also note that if you live on a rural route you might want to check with your local post office. Usually, the rural routes don't participate.

Just helping.
(you can always drop it off at the window)

[Susie Hamilton]

Thanks to all who were able to contribute to the Food drive. I enjoy being able to participate in this each year. The Foodbank hosted a cookout for us after work as a thank you. Good food. We were able to eat while watching the trucks unload all the boxes of food we collected today. Again, thanks.

[pastorsa1]

They did it for a number of years when I lived in NC, every year in North Dakota, and now this year in Tennessee. I try to remember every year to have the food hanging on the mailbox. It's something I enjoy doing.