The Cause of the week!
 he NALC National Food Drive is the outgrowth of a tradition of community service exhibited repeatedly by members of the letter carriers union over the years. These carriers, who go into neighborhoods in every town six days a week, have always been involved when something needed to be done, whether it be collecting funds for a charity like the Muscular Dystrophy Association, watching over the elderly through the Carrier Alert program, assisting the American Red Cross during time of disaster, or rescuing victims of fires, crime, and other mishaps.
For many years, a number of branches had collected food for the needy as part of their community service effort. Discus sions were held by the NALC, U.S. Postal Service and AFL-CIO Community Services Department to explore a coordinated effort. A pilot drive was held in 10 cities in October, 1991, and it proved so successful that work began immediately on making it a nationwide effort.Input from food banks and pantries suggested that late spring would be the best time since by then most food banks in the country start running out of donations received during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday periods.A revamped drive was organized for May 15, 1993—the second Saturday in May—with a goal of having at least one NALC branch in each of the 50 states participating. The result was astounding. More than 11 million pounds of food was collected—a one-day record in the United States—involving more than 220 union branches.From Alaska to Florida and Maine to Hawaii, letter carriers did double duty—delivering mail and picking up donations. It just grew and grew from that point. So that is the cause i have chosen to support this week!!!!!!!! Mark your calendar now for the 19th Annual NALC Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive! :) So i have a question to ask everyone ? If you clock could make a noise other than tik tok what would you have it be and why????????? Word of the Day!! Werewolf
: a person transformed into a wolf or capable of assuming a wolf's form So thats all folks have a good one? |
lol yeah last night was fun. hehe. i think my parents actally donate to that food drive every year considering my dads job lol. they did the big food drive at church today too.
ReplyDeleteso the answer to your question. umm i dont really know what other noise the clock should make but the ticcing is kinda annoying maybe it shouldnt do anything but like beep or buzz or something on the hour but idk. what do you think it should be?
:)it should rap
ReplyDeletehaha i knew ud say something like that
ReplyDeletelol :)
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