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Feeding Hope - Letter Carrier Food Drive May 4th

This Saturday, May 9th, letter carries around the country will be picking up food donations in order the help "Stamp Out Hunger". The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma is in a month long drive also.
The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma’s 7th annual Feeding Hope and Letter Carriers Food Drive starts May 4 and ends May 22, 2009. This month-long food and fund drive that brings together metro businesses and individuals. The goal of the food drive is to raise canned food items to help the Food Bank and its partner agencies feed more hungry Oklahomans; raise monetary donations to assist in the distribution of food to partnering agencies; raise awareness of the issue of hunger in Oklahoma; and promote a spirit of community togetherness to combat a serious social problem.

The 17th Annual National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Food Drive is on May 9, 2009. Local letter carriers will pick up nonperishable food donations on their mail routes for the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma on Saturday, May 9th. Postal customers will receive a plastic bag in the mail and are asked to fill these bags with canned food items and leave them by their mailbox – the letter carriers will do the rest.
regionalfoodbank.org/feedinghope

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