Recognizing the National Association of Letter Carriers' one-day food drive.

Bill: 115-hres-890
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2018-05-10
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Congressional tributes

Food assistance and relief

Postal service

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Latest action: action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-05-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Recognizes the National Association of Letter Carriers' one-day food drive and honors the association for its community service and philanthropic efforts.</p>

tv_txt: IV 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 890 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 10, 2018 Mr. Joyce of Ohio (for himself, Mrs. Beatty , Mr. Ryan of Ohio , and Ms. Kaptur ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture RESOLUTION Recognizing the National Association of Letter Carriers’ one-day food drive.

Whereas the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) began their one-day food drive in 1992; Whereas for many years prior to 1992, a number of NALC branches collected food for the needy in the communities they served; Whereas in 1992, 10 cities were selected to explore a coordinated effort, and a pilot food drive was held in Columbus, Ohio, by Branch 78 of the NALC; Whereas the pilot food drive was so successful that the food drive was then expanded nationwide; Whereas a nationwide one-day food drive was organized for May 15, 1993, with the goal of having at least one NALC Branch participate in each of the 50 States; Whereas more than 220 NALC branches participated in the first national one-day food drive and set a one-day record for food collection in the United States by collecting more than 11,000,000 pounds of food; Whereas in 2017 the NALC collected over 75,000,000 pounds of food to help restock food banks, pantries, and shelters throughout the United States; Whereas 2017 marked the 14th consecutive year that the Nation’s largest one-day food drive collected more than 70,000,000 pounds of food; Whereas the NALC one-day food drive has collected more than 1,600,000,000 pounds of food since it began in 1993; and Whereas the NALC one-day food drive occurs on the second Saturday in May each year: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1) recognizes the National Association of Letter Carriers’ one-day food drive; and (2) honors the National Association of Letter Carriers for their distinguished community service and philanthropic efforts.