Mail carriers food drive nets 155,000 pounds
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Vancouver-area residents turned over 155,000 pounds of food during the National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive, local organizer Cathy Hulse said.
The figure came in a little shy of the 156,000 gathered last year for the Clark County Stop Hunger Warehouse. Hulse said organizers were pleased with the contribution, especially at a time of economic uncertainty and in an area afflicted by high unemployment.
“Our poor areas were poorer, and the other people just stepped up,” she said.
The letter carriers’ annual effort is the nation’s largest single-day food drive.
Rate this
You must be logged in to rate this.
Current Rating : Nobody has rated this article yet.
Search Alerts
Receive updates from us on people or topics that interest you. (What's this?)
Sign up to receive email and/or text alerts from us whenever someone or something of interest appears on columbian.com. For example, if you follow the Blazers, you could enter LaMarcus Aldridge and we'd send you a link to our stories whenever he is mentioned in them. You just enter the person's name or other search terms, i.e., light rail or Vancouver crime, and then click Submit to sign up to receive updates. Note: Keep in mind that carrier charges may apply for SMS updates.
Choose a term below or enter in your own for you to automatically receive alerts when we post something new.
