Best food drive of all time
To the editor:
The results are in and once again Lee County residents met the challenge in record level donations: 445,500 pounds of food was collected in the one-day U. S. Postal Service Letter Carrier food drive held Saturday May 8th. That is up 40,000 pounds from the previous year. In addition to a record amount of food, $7,820 in cash donations were received as well. That converts to $46,920 in value with Harry Chapin Food Bank’s ability to purchase $6 in food items for every dollar donated.
All food donated in the drive will be made available to local agencies at no charge by Harry Chapin Food Bank. Other agencies who received food in Lee County include Wake Up America, Pine Island Food Pantry, Lighthouse Sanctuary of Alva, Salvation Army of Labelle, Lehigh Community Services, Interfaith Caregivers and Cafe of Life.
We would like to thank the community for their generous donations, the community volunteers who helped pick up and sort food, our letter carriers and all employees for the extra effort they make every year in picking up food from mailboxes. It was a great team effort!
Congratulations on the best food drive results of all time!
Anne M. Murray, Postmaster,
Ft. Myers/Cape Coral
George Sciascia
Branch 2072, NALC
Alexandria Roman,
National Assoc. of Rural Carriers