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Mail Carriers

QVCkitty1 — Sat, 14 May 2016 16:37:36 GMT

My mailman just picked up the food donation that I put out and I think that it's great that they do this. There are many food insecure people in my area, and anything that brings attention to this situation is a blessing. Did they do this in your community?

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nana59 — Sat, 14 May 2016 16:40:01 GMT

yup....put my donation out first thing this morning.......

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ID2 — Sat, 14 May 2016 16:43:37 GMT

I kind-of think its tacky to toot your own horn.

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3cupcakes — Sat, 14 May 2016 16:46:12 GMT

Yes, here too.

I think I remember our mail carrier saying it's a national food drive by USPS.

in our area, groups of Boy Scouts will help unload the trucks to take to the food pantries. Maybe this is every where too?

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millieshops — Sat, 14 May 2016 16:47:35 GMT

Yes - I think it's a national effort. I really like it in a selfish way - I clear my pantry of everything I can before changing snowbird residences and I'd rather donate than to give to my neighbors who truly don't need my leftovers.

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SeaMaiden — Sat, 14 May 2016 16:47:58 GMT

Yes. I was out on my walk this morning and saw several mail boxes with donations. It is a wonderful idea! No one should ever be hungry in this great country of ours.....but sadly adults and children do go hungry on a daily basis.

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jewel3 — Sat, 14 May 2016 16:50:45 GMT

Thanks for reminding me!

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151949 — Sat, 14 May 2016 16:50:46 GMT

We volunteered to collect this year again and , sadly, we had a large area to cover but only got 6 bins full. DH is out now trying to get some more but our area is rural and the people have horses and livestock so they are up & out early. When we took our stuff back to the food bank we noticed there wasn't much there. A couple mail trucks were there and they had some so we helped them unload. I feel the post office should do more to advertise this day.

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LyndaGee — Sat, 14 May 2016 16:51:07 GMT

I put our contribution out next to the mailbox at 7 a.m. and it's still there. The mail has been delivered. Maybe it will be picked up by a separate truck? This has never happened before.

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10grands — Sat, 14 May 2016 16:56:37 GMT

I don't think anyone was tooting their own horn, but gently reminding everyone to put their donations out. I am shocked by how few do this.

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NickNack — Sat, 14 May 2016 16:59:16 GMT

I had no idea there was a food drive today. Was it in the newspaper, or did the post office leave a note in your mailbox?

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nana59 — Sat, 14 May 2016 17:00:05 GMT

@ID2 wrote:
I kind-of think its tacky to toot your own horn.

What??? I don't consider it tooting your own horn when someone is kind enough to participate in a food donation......really??!!!

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nana59 — Sat, 14 May 2016 17:02:01 GMT

Postcard type reminder in my mail box....

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sunshine45 — Sat, 14 May 2016 17:05:24 GMT

we did not receive any notification and as far as i can tell no one around me has set out any bags. we do give directly to our local food shelters all year long and also donate at some of our local supermarkets during the thanksgiving/christmas holidays.

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3cupcakes — Sat, 14 May 2016 17:08:37 GMT

@NickNack, we got a little post card from USPS the beginning of the week & yesterday we got a white, plastic bag for the donation. Think it says about the food drive on it. I did it so fast this morning, I wasn't paying very good attention!

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Suziepeach — Sat, 14 May 2016 17:11:06 GMT

No notification in our area either, and if memory serves last time no one bothered to pick up the bags.

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151949 — Sat, 14 May 2016 17:12:58 GMT

In many areas the contributions are collected by volunteers. Leave it out there, they will get it. In our area they use volunteers and , unless it is inside the mailbox it is picked up by the volunteers. If it is inside the mailbox only the postmen can get it as volunteers are not allowed to actually open the boxes.

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QVCkitty1 — Sat, 14 May 2016 17:14:09 GMT

@ID2 wrote:
I kind-of think its tacky to toot your own horn.

I simply wished to remind anyone who had forgotten. Your response is a a it tacky.

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151949 — Sat, 14 May 2016 17:14:51 GMT

@Nicknack wrote:
I had no idea there was a food drive today. Was it in the newspaper, or did the post office leave a note in your mailbox?

They did a very poor job of advertising it this year and the lack of volume of what was given is showing it. Sad.

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loveschocolate — Sat, 14 May 2016 17:16:10 GMT

Yesterday our mailman left two large paper bags in our mailbox that had info on them about leaving donations out for them to pickup today. They have already picked them up here.