Carriers Prepare to “Stamp Out Hunger”

NALC Members Ready for 17th Annual Food Drive

Who:
Columbus Postmaster Robin Ware,
WBNS-TV Director of Community Affairs Angela Pace
NALC Local 78 President Rocco Evangelista
Joan Casto Lloyd, Operation Feed Campaign Director

What:
“Stamp Out Hunger” Press Conference for the annual food drive of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC).

When:
10:00 a.m.
May 8, 2009

Where:
850 Twin Rivers Drive
Main Post Office
Columbus, OH 43216

Background:
Columbus Postal Service and Mid-Ohio Food Bank representatives will hold a kickoff ceremony for the 16th annual Food Drive sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers. “Stamp Out Hunger” is the nation’s largest one-day food drive. Last year, thousands of Post Offices which were able to participate in the program collected more than $7 million pounds of non-perishable food items.

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