Program Updates

Letter Carriers Food Drive set for May 9

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National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 531, will lead this years food drive in the Charleston WV region.

This year’s National Association of Letter Carriers (NACL) annual food drive will take place on Saturday, May 9. United Food Operation (UFO) will again assist the letter carriers with unloading food at the downtown Charleston postal center.

UFO needs volunteers to help at the downtown post office from 1:00 PM until around 6:00 PM.

Volunteers are needed to help out on May 9.
Volunteers are needed to help out on May 9 at the downtown postal center.

NACL uses United Food Operation to distribute the donated food to food pantries around the Kanawha Valley.  UFO will truck the donated food from the Charleston post office to its  distribution center at the Institute Industrial Park. At the warehouse the food will be divided into portions for each of the 12 participating food pantries in Kanawha and Putnam counties. The pantries will then pick up the food and use it to help with their missions.

Volunteer Contact

Those wishing to volunteer should contact Nancy Grist at ngrist@cwa-union.org or may call her at 304-342-2023 no later than May 1. Volunteers should plan to work at least a two-hour shift between 1:00 and 6:00 PM on May 9. Volunteers should be able to lift boxes weighing from 15 to 25 pounds. Food and soft drinks will be provided.

Volunteers will be working in the post office loading dock area, which is entered off Washington Street E., across the street from the Best Western Charleston Plaza Hotel.

One thought on “Letter Carriers Food Drive set for May 9”

  1. I joined the event today. It was great to see all the volunteers from differing sectors of our community working together for a common cause to help feed the disadvantaged.

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