Letter carriers prepare to collect for food bank

Published: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 12:16 a.m. MDT
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Utah letter carriers will hold their 16th annual food drive Saturday, and Utahns are encouraged to participate by placing nonperishable food in a bag near their mailbox prior to mail delivery.

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 1 million pounds of food.

Postal employees in all 50 states will participate in the world's largest one-day food drive, which has resulted in delivery of more than 800 million pounds of donations to community food banks and pantries over the last 16 years.

"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, who expects another tremendous response from Utahns.

The NALC is a postal labor union representing more than 300,000 members.

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