[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8682]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            STAMP OUT HUNGER

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                          HON. LORETTA SANCHEZ

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Wednesday, May 5, 1999

  Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the National 
Association of Letter Carriers and Anthony B. Morell Branch 737 in 
Santa Ana as they prepare for their ``Stamp Out Hunger'' food drive. 
This event will take place on Saturday, May 8. The letter carriers have 
asked area residents to donate non-perishable food by leaving the 
donations outside their mailboxes on May 8. Letter carriers will 
collect the food during their normally scheduled mail routes. The food 
collected will benefit CDC's Orange County Food Bank and the Second 
Harvest Food Bank of Orange County. These two food banks serve over 
240,000 people each month.
  ``Stamp Out Hunger'' is the largest one day food drive in the nation. 
This is the seventh year of participation by Branch 737 of the Santa 
Ana letter carriers. Last year letter carriers around the nation 
collected more than 52 million pounds of food. All went to local food 
banks in their communities. In the Santa Ana district alone, 69,000 
pounds of food was collected for the Second Harvest Food Bank and the 
Community Development Council, the two food banks in our region.
  Unfortunately, hunger continues to be a problem in Orange County. 
There are still over 30,000 men, women, children and senior citizens 
who go hungry every night. We are hoping to reduce that number as much 
as possible, by getting every citizen involved in the food drive.
  I commend Branch 737 of the National Association of Letter Carriers 
for their valiant efforts to make a difference in our community and to 
stamp out hunger.

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