Stamp Out Hunger

News-Times/Larry Singer Discussing food drive...(From left) Salvation Army Corps Officer Captain Donnie Marvels, Captain Paulette Marvels, acting Postmaster Nina Vodde and city mail carrier Tammie Fitzgerald discuss plans for an upcoming food drive during which postal workers will pick up food for the Salvation Army while delivering mail.

Local letter carriers will again help Stamp Out Hunger on Saturday.

In its 16th year, the Stamp Out Hunger effort is the nation’s largest single-day food drive, with letter carriers having collected more than 836 million pounds of food from postal customers since its inception. Union County postal customers contributed more than 6,000 pounds to the Salvation Army’s food pantry during last year’s drive.

“You would be surprised how many people this helps right here in our community,” said Tammie Fitzgerald, city letter carrier. “All the food donated stays here locally to...

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Stamp Out Hunger

Local mail carriers to participate in annual food drive to stock shelves of Salvation Army pantry