[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 49 (Wednesday, April 23, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E721-E722]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              LETTER CARRIERS FOOD DRIVE WILL BE MAY 10TH

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                         HON. GERALD D. KLECZKA

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 23, 1997

  Mr. KLECZKA. Mr. Speaker, hunger has no calender. Hunger doesn't know 
if it's spring,

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summer, winter, or fall. Hunger doesn't know the days of the week, or 
the months of the year. During the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday 
season, our thoughts and our hearts turn to the less fortunate in our 
own communities. But, sadly, hunger is a year round concern and food 
pantries can be dangerously depleted during the spring and summertime.
  That's why it is so important that all Americans are aware that on 
May 10, the National Association of Letter Carriers [NALC], in 
conjunction with the U.S. Postal Service, the AFL-CIO, and the United 
Way, will be collecting nonperishable food items for distribution to 
local food pantries. Postal customers simply place the food items by 
their mailboxes on the 10th, and the letter carriers pick up the items 
when they make their rounds. This is the largest 1 day food drive in 
the Nation, and proudly, I might add, my hometown, Milwaukee, ranked 
third in the Nation last year by collecting over 1 million pounds of 
food for distribution.
  Let's all spread the news, far and wide, to the cities, suburbs, 
towns, and rural areas, as hunger affects many of our neighborhoods and 
hometowns. When doing the weekly grocery shopping for the second week 
of May, please join my wife and I by adding to the shopping cart a few 
extra cans of soup, vegetables and fruit, for distribution via the 
Letter Carrier food drive May 10.

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