Politics & Government

Hingham to Participate in Nation Wide Letter Carrier Food Drive

Hingham residents are asked to leave non perishable food next to the mailbox for collection.

The 19th annual National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)  "Stamp Out Hunger" National Food Drive is this Saturday.

 Hingham residents are asked to place non-perishable food products in a bag and leave it at your mailbox for your letter carrier to pick up and deliver to local food banks and pantries.

 This is a one day nation-wide food drive held in over 10,000 cities across all 50 states to help fight hunger in America.

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 "May 14 is the one day in the year when letter carriers take control of the conversation about hunger in America, making a loud-and-clear case for providing a chance for millions of families, and millions of children, to have a hunger-free summer,”  NALC President Fredric V. Rolando said in a statement.

 According to NALC, letter carriers collected a record 77.1 million pounds of donations last year and hope to collect more on Saturday.

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Fore more information visit: www.helpstampouthunger.com

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