thank you all very much for participating in the letter carrier food drive!

[blondie58]

it is truly a worthwhile cause and helps many people. I wasn't able to participate in picking it up, as I'm on light duty recovering from rotator cuff surgery. But I was able to help in the aftermath, where we weigh the big gpc's that hold the food or normally the mail!

My station in Lakewood, CO was doing pretty good, although some carriers thought that we might be down some from last year. That wouldn't surprise me, as everyone is having a tough time. Before I left though, we had already loaded up a semi full of food and we were working on our second! And some of you may be happy to know that my friend, who is the food drive co-coordinator made the food banks promise not to collect any payment on any of the food that we donated. That is another bit of trivia that I learned from DU, that food banks charge for their food!

Again, thank everyone very much. To the people at the food banks, I think that they're really moved by the sight of all of this food, as they see firsthand the people that need their help.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I tried, but the letter carrier never picked up the food I left out.

It's still sitting on my porch. :(

[babylonsister]

2. Is your mailbox on your porch? Wow. My mailman got mine, and

I didn't notice any others on the block. :(

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Yes, I put the bag that was left in my box the previous day on a chair on the porch

right under the mailbox. No way could they have missed it. But I didn't get any mail, either.

[babylonsister]

10. Was it raining, sleeting, hailing?

:D Not even a flyer?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Raining, actually.

No sleet, snow or dark of night, though.

[Booster]

4. Same thing happened to my best friend and I. Both of us put a

ba of groceries out and neither her postman nor mine picked them up, and it's not like they wouldn't have noticed them. I'm baffled.

[lonestarnot]

7. Leave them again for Monday and then call your station!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Thanks, I'll do that.

[blondie58]

5. sorry about that ocelot maybe they were having a "blonde" moment

if you're near the P.O. they will still accept it into next week. Or hopefully, the carrier will pick it up next week.Now, I do have to admit that a select few of my coworkers are a bit on the lazy side and resent this extra work. I apologize for them- they're just being incredibly selfish.

[libnnc]

14. I tried too

my carrier didn't get mine either.

[rwheeler31]

3. Great program.

[Pushed To The Left]

9. I volunteered at the post office in Irvine for the "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive

There was a LOT of food! There were food products that I didn't even know existed. The one I volunteered at was put together by America's Second Harvest. I was recruited as a volunteer at the local DFA meeting!

[SeattleGirl]

12. We were more than happy to take part!

And it's heartening to hear of the response you got in your area!

[Kingofalldems]

13. I picked up canned food for many years a a Letter Carrier

and proud member of the NALC. My carrier picked up my cans and made a special trip back to leave a Thank You card.

[Contrary1]

15. I hung mine right on the mailbox...

the carrier had no choice. :)

[Hissyspit]

16. Mine got picked up.

A bag full of canned food.

[orleans]

17. no one picked up our donation bag. i plan to call and find out why

there was a thread earlier with people in minn., ms, kansas, nc, and a couple other states who didn't get their food bags picked up.

i did, however, get the thank-you card.

[murray hill farm]

18. Mine was picked up....

and I had set it in the road in front of my mail box. A couple of my neighbors asked me about it and when I told them what it was for, they both went in a put out a bag. They were all picked up.

[tblue37]

19. Well, I tried to--but the carrier didn't bother to pick up the two

full bags of groceries I put out.

[Nutmegger]

20. R&K! [n\t]

[AwakeAtLast]

21. I always put mine IN the mailbox and put my flag up!

It always gets picked up! ;)