By Daily Press staff
Letter carriers this month have delivered more than mail to the office. On Saturday, May 14, letter carriers from 14 westside postal stations, including those in Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Culver City, Venice, Inglewood, Lawndale, and El Segundo, collected more than 100,000 pounds of food during their mail routes on behalf of the Westside Food Bank. Thousands of local residents took part in “Stamp out Hunger Saturday,” a nationwide effort sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers and the United States Postal Service, by placing canned and packaged food by their mail boxes.
Westside Food Bank provides nearly 4 million pounds of food annually to 65 local social service agencies.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 26, 2005. Read the original PDF.