Utah Letter Carriers Looking to Stamp Out Hunger

Annual Food Drive set for May 10

SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Letter carriers will hold their annual food drive on Saturday, May 10, and Utahns are encouraged to participate by placing non-perishable food in a bag near their mailbox prior to mail delivery. The drive, in its 16th year, is the largest one-day food collection in the nation.

All of the food will be distributed to local food banks whose shelves are traditionally bare this time of year. Last year Utah letter carriers collected more than one million pounds of food – nationwide the drive delivered 70.7 million pounds.

Postal employees in all 50 states will participate in the food drive, which has resulted in delivery of more than 800 million pounds of donations to community food banks and pantries. An estimated 35 million people are at risk of hunger in America, including 12 million children.

“This is a great opportunity for us to serve those in our community who need a helping hand,” said Mike Miller, Salt Lake City Letter Carrier and President of Branch 111 of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), who expects another tremendous response from the caring citizens of Utah.

The NALC is a postal labor union representing more than 300,000 members who have a long history of service to their communities.

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