Philomath residents may help struggle starvation locally by collaborating within the Stamp Out Starvation Meals Drive on Saturday.
Organized by the Nationwide Affiliation of Letter Carriers, the annual occasion is the biggest single-day meals drive within the nation.
To take part, residents are requested to go away a bag of nonperishable meals objects subsequent to their mailbox earlier than common mail supply. Letter carriers will gather the donations throughout their routes, and all meals stays native, benefitting Philomath Group Gleaners and Nancy’s Meals Pantry, packages which are part of Philomath Group Providers.
Native residents Teresa Nielson and Diane Crocker are serving to the native effort to help the letter carriers, if wanted, and to prepare sorting, boxing and weighing all donations Saturday starting at 10 a.m. and operating into the early night at PCS.
Now in its thirty second yr, the Stamp Out Starvation drive helps restock meals provides heading into the summer season months, when demand typically will increase.
For extra info, go to www.nalc.org/food-drive.
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