The National Association of Letter Carriers' Stamp Out Hunger food drive May 11 collected more than one million pounds of food in the Twin Cities metro area, according to preliminary totals.
The donated food will help re-stock local emergency foodshelves.
Just after 4:00 p.m. on the day of the food drive, letter carrier “A.K.” Abraham made a second trip with his U.S. Postal Service van to bring donated food he collected along his route to the East Lake Street Cub Foods parking lot. Volunteers helped unload the van and transfer the food into a waiting truck.
“This is amazing,” said Abraham, a NALC member for eight years. “People give and give and give, especially in hard times like these.” He said of his south Minneapolis route out of the Minnehaha station, “this is the most giving place I’ve seen.”
Letter carriers dropping off food at the East Lake Cub reported collecting more food this year than previous years.
“I think it’s heavier than heck,” said Frank Baumgardner, St. Paul, a 20-year NALC member.
“I picked up a lot more food,” said John Jacob, Fridley, 16-year NALC member. “They’re very giving on my route.”
Marlys Foster, Minneapolis, was one of many community volunteers helping unload letter carrier vans. She is the mother of letter carrier Susan Becker, she said, and volunteers every year for the NALC food drive. Why? “Because I would hate to be hungry,” she said.
Over at the Cub Foods at 60th and Nicollet, letter carrier vans continued to come drop off food approaching 6:00 p.m. A team of volunteers from Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59 helped unload their vans into a truck donated by United Van Lines.
“We’ve got 12 full, big boxes,” said MFT Local 59 member Ann Maczuga, Maple Grove. “I think last year it was eight. We surpassed it.”
Maczuga noted: “a good union job would prevent the need for this.”
Labor organizations and union workplaces helping with unloading and loading at Cub Foods sites included the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005, AFSCME Hennepin County locals, Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, WCCO and NALC Branch 9, and AFSCME Council 5.
NALC’s local food drive partners include Cub Foods and Second Harvest Heartland.
Steve Share edits The Labor Review, the official publication of the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation.
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The National Association of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger food drive May 11 collected more than one million pounds of food in the Twin Cities metro area, according to preliminary totals.
The donated food will help re-stock local emergency foodshelves.
Just after 4:00 p.m. on the day of the food drive, letter carrier “A.K.” Abraham made a second trip with his U.S. Postal Service van to bring donated food he collected along his route to the East Lake Street Cub Foods parking lot. Volunteers helped unload the van and transfer the food into a waiting truck.
“This is amazing,” said Abraham, a NALC member for eight years. “People give and give and give, especially in hard times like these.” He said of his south Minneapolis route out of the Minnehaha station, “this is the most giving place I’ve seen.”
Letter carriers dropping off food at the East Lake Cub reported collecting more food this year than previous years.
“I think it’s heavier than heck,” said Frank Baumgardner, St. Paul, a 20-year NALC member.
“I picked up a lot more food,” said John Jacob, Fridley, 16-year NALC member. “They’re very giving on my route.”
Marlys Foster, Minneapolis, was one of many community volunteers helping unload letter carrier vans. She is the mother of letter carrier Susan Becker, she said, and volunteers every year for the NALC food drive. Why? “Because I would hate to be hungry,” she said.
Over at the Cub Foods at 60th and Nicollet, letter carrier vans continued to come drop off food approaching 6:00 p.m. A team of volunteers from Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59 helped unload their vans into a truck donated by United Van Lines.
“We’ve got 12 full, big boxes,” said MFT Local 59 member Ann Maczuga, Maple Grove. “I think last year it was eight. We surpassed it.”
Maczuga noted: “a good union job would prevent the need for this.”
Labor organizations and union workplaces helping with unloading and loading at Cub Foods sites included the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005, AFSCME Hennepin County locals, Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, WCCO and NALC Branch 9, and AFSCME Council 5.
NALC’s local food drive partners include Cub Foods and Second Harvest Heartland.
Steve Share edits The Labor Review, the official publication of the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation.