The members of the National Association of Letter Carriers, Des Plaines Local 2076, will hold their fifth annual Food Drive on Saturday, May 12 as part of the group's national effort to fight hunger. Local Boy Scout troops will assist the letter carriers in collecting the food.
All contributions stay in the Des Plaines community.
The letter carriers will deliver notices prior to the drive asking Des Plaines residents to leave their contributions in plastic bags near their mailboxes. While all non-perishable items are welcome, most needed include dry cereal, canned fruits, canned tuna, macaroni and cheese mix, canned stew, powdered milk and baby diapers. The letter carriers perform this service to the community in addition to their regular mail deliveries that day. The food is delivered to the Self-Help Closet and Pantry where it is checked for expiration dates, sorted, boxed and stored. More than 100 volunteers, in addition to the letter carriers and Boy Scouts, do the processing of 20,000 pounds of food.