Rhode Islanders will have a chance to help neighbors in need through the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Saturday, May 14, coordinated by the National Association of Letter Carriers.
Simply leave a …
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Rhode Islanders will have a chance to help neighbors in need through the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Saturday, May 14, coordinated by the National Association of Letter Carriers.
Simply leave a bag of healthy, non-perishable food items near your mailbox early that morning and your letter carrier will pick up your donation and deliver it to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, where it will be distributed to food pantries throughout the state.
“Each year, we get a great response from our postal customers,” says Rhode Island food drive coordinator and veteran letter carrier Scott Desjarlais. “They look forward to leaving out a bag of food for us to pick up and deliver to the Food Bank.”
Last year, the drive brought in over 96,000 pounds of food to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.
“This food drive comes at a critical time as we actually see food donations decrease during the summer months,” Andrew Schiff, chief executive officer, said in a statement. “The letter carriers make it easy for everyone to make a difference in the fight against hunger simply by leaving a bag of food at their mailbox on Saturday, May 14.”
Most-needed items include canned soup and vegetables, peanut butter, pasta, rice, canned beans, tuna, and healthy cereals. As always, the food collected will be sorted by volunteers who check for use-by dates and damaged packaging.
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RISchadenfreude
“Each year, we get a great response from our postal customers”...and each year, this is part of the State's solution to "Stamp out hunger"- passing the burden on to the working taxpayer.
More financially-secure communities providing food to the STATE food bank- and RI has the nerve to call Trickle-Down Economics a Republican phenomenon. Instead, go to a local soup kitchen or food pantry (EBC House and churches also know of families in need) and directly help WARWICK residents in need.
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