The Catskill Chronicle

MONTICELLO & SULLIVAN COUNTY – The Town of Fallsburg Lions Club is taking part in a state- wide Food Drive on Saturday, May 8. ShopRite of Monticello has generously offered space in their store to collect canned and packaged food items from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

The items collected will then be distributed to the two food pantries in the Town of Fallsburg. For further information contact Lion Ilene Wizwer at 434-2152.

The Lions food drive coincides with Stamp Out Hunger day, the nation’s largest single-day food drive. The event is coordinated by the U.S. Postal Service, and sponsored by the USPS, the Campbell Soup Company, and the National Association of Letter Carriers.

This year, the letters carriers in Sullivan County have partnered with the Sullivan County United Way to make a week-long event.

Letter carriers throughout Sullivan County will be collecting donated food items from customers along their routes May 3 through May 9. In addition, collection boxes will be placed in the lobby of each post office to allow people to drop off their donations. After the food is collected, each post office will be matched with a food pantry in their area, so items donated by their customers will help feed individuals in the same local area.

Partners in this national effort are the U. S. Postal Service, the AFL-CIO, Campbell’s Soup Company, Valpak, Feeding America (the nation’s food bank network), United Way of America and local United Way chapters across the country. Each year, this food drive collects thousands of pounds of non-perishable food items and serves as a major resource in helping to restock local food pantries. Last year 73.4 million pounds of food was collected nationwide.

To learn more, go to Help Stamp Out Hunger.