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Food Drive

QVCkitty1 — Fri, 11 May 2018 13:31:01 GMT

Just a reminder for those who participate, tomorrow, May 12, is the letter carrier's food drive. In my area we just put our contributions on the porch and the letter carriers pick them up.

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OKPrincess — Fri, 11 May 2018 13:45:18 GMT

@QVCkitty1 wrote:
Just a reminder for those who participate, tomorrow, May 12, is the letter carrier's food drive. In my area we just put our contributions on the porch and the letter carriers pick them up.

We have our little blue grocery sack sitting on the kitchen table as a reminder to fill it up. We participate each year. Thanks for posting.

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SXMGirl — Fri, 11 May 2018 14:38:46 GMT

We have not received the info and I met my mail carrier at the door this morning. I thought this food drive was across the nation.

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proudlyfromNJ — Fri, 11 May 2018 15:10:00 GMT

@SXMGirl wrote:
We have not received the info and I met my mail carrier at the door this morning. I thought this food drive was across the nation.

@SXMGirl. The Food Drive is voluntary. A post office has the choice of participating or not.

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OKPrincess — Fri, 11 May 2018 15:14:35 GMT

Here’s my bag

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meallen616 — Fri, 11 May 2018 15:55:49 GMT

@QVCkitty1,

My bag is ready for tomorrow, thanks for posting,

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Kitlynn — Fri, 11 May 2018 16:42:16 GMT

@OKPrincess wrote:
@QVCkitty1 wrote:
Just a reminder for those who participate, tomorrow, May 12, is the letter carrier's food drive. In my area we just put our contributions on the porch and the letter carriers pick them up.
We have our little blue grocery sack sitting on the kitchen table as a reminder to fill it up. We participate each year. Thanks for posting.

We have ours ready to and do it every year. Our mail lady has to make serveral trips to get all the bags back because everyone in our neighborhood participates. It is a wonderful thing.

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RetRN — Fri, 11 May 2018 18:58:26 GMT

My blue sack is filled and ready to set out tomorrow, my neighbors are on vacation so I will also be setting theirs out.

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QueenDanceALot — Fri, 11 May 2018 19:04:37 GMT

I did receive a reminder card and my bag is ready to set out by my mailbox in the morning.

Thanks for the reminder!

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novamc1 — Fri, 11 May 2018 19:05:02 GMT

We live in a community with a mailbox stack.......mail isn't delivered to each home individually. I saw one blue bag out there early this morning, and when the mailman came, I asked if he was taking any bags today. He said yes, so I gave him mine, too.

If everyone in our community donates a bag tomorrow, I wonder if the little mail delivery truck will be dragging the ground with all the weight of canned goods. We have many donation-oriented, charitable neighbors, so I expect to see a flood of blue sacks out there tomorrow.

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BirkiLady — Fri, 11 May 2018 19:49:21 GMT

My bag is sitting by the mailbox today. Hope the USPS carrier will take it a day earlier to lighten his little truck load tomorrow! (We may also have rain tomorrow, which I'm trying to avoid.)

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Greeneyedlady21 — Fri, 11 May 2018 21:56:47 GMT

Mine is ready to go. I should have put it out today, rain tomorrow where I live too.

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Jordan2 — Fri, 11 May 2018 22:30:13 GMT

I called my post office today to find out if they are participating, they are. I only just got my postcard today, and no bag. I am the only one on my block who donates to the food drive.

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blackhole99 — Sat, 12 May 2018 00:00:58 GMT

No blue bags for us to fill up for the food drive, our Post Office has not participated in years. Also, our rural carriers would never pick up food and no box at post office even if you did want to give food. Such a shame, because our area has such need .

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RedTop — Sat, 12 May 2018 00:15:41 GMT

Our carrier picked up our food yesterday, as she had plenty of room for it in her small SUV.

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DiAnne — Sat, 12 May 2018 00:19:22 GMT

Monday morning I will be at the local food bank to help check expiration dates and sort the food in the blue bags.

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Lucky Charm — Sat, 12 May 2018 00:20:28 GMT

I'm not doing it this year for the first time, unfortunately.

I've had issues with my mail for about 3 months now. $300 in gift cards are missing. 2 separate mailings.

And a check that was mailed out last Friday hasn't made it to me. The check can be taken care of, which is an inconvenience for me, but the gift cards can't be 'stopped'. Some bum got them. Thankfully, they were re-issued and I paid extra for tracking, unfair for me though.

The supervisor at my local post office just gave me the 877 number for the Postal Inspector last week.

I dread having to contact them, I just want my mail. It's mine for me, no one else.

Totally unrelated to my carrier, but a gift card I sent out in January to my GS, never made it to him. I purposely put it directly in a mail box at the post office. Didn't matter, was never received.

In all my years, never had an issue. Now, it's a big problem. Don't trust my carrier with the food I put out. And I don't trust someone who works inside my post office.

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SeaMaiden — Sat, 12 May 2018 00:21:08 GMT

On our street we just leave the goods around the mailbox area. I went to the store today and picked out a bunch of dry goods and can goods to fill three bags. I never want anyone in America to be hungry! It is the least I can do. I am so grateful for my pantry being full.

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BirkiLady — Sun, 13 May 2018 02:59:31 GMT

@blackhole99 Does you grocery store have a barrel for the local Food Bank? Most of the grocery stores in our City do (usually located near the exit doors). I simply buy a few things each time I'm shopping, have them sacked into a seperate bag and drop that bag off as I leave the store. If keeping for Income Taxes, be sure to have it on a seperate check-out ticket for the IRS.