NEWS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING STAMP OUT HUNGER FOOD DRIVE'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY
Nation's Largest Single-Day Food Drive Collected More than 70 Million Pounds of Food Donations Last Year
WHAT:
On Thursday, May 3 at 12:00 noon a media conference will be held at Borough Hall to announce the annual
Now in its 20th year, the Stamp Out Hunger effort is the nation's largest single-day food drive. It will be held on Saturday, May 12. In 2011, drive organizers across the country collected more than 70 million pounds of total food donations for the eighth consecutive year.
The United States Postal Service, its Letter Carriers and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz are a force united in this, the largest single day food drive in
WHO:
Marty Markowitz,
Edward F. Roggenkamp, Postmaster,
Roxanne Hosein, Marketing Manager, USPS Triboro District
Angelo Mangano, President Branch 41 NALC
Lisa Jakobsberg, VP Marketing and Business Partnerships, Food Bank For
Debbie Kellogg, Director, Business Partnerships, Food Bank For
Miss Brooklyn 2012, Maria DeSantis
PS 59,
WHEN:
Thursday, May 3 at 12 noon
Stamp Out Hunger! Kick-Off Media Conference
Brooklyn Borough Hall
(The event will take place in front of the steps - If rain - will take place in the Rotunda)
Saturday, May 12
Single Largest Day
May 7 - May 11 extended food dates for
WHY:
Despite the generosity of millions of Americans who have supported the letter carriers' food drive in previous years, the need for food assistance still exists for many families. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's annual study measuring food security in the
In addition to the U.S. Postal Service, Campbell Soup Company, AARP, Valpak, the National Rural Letter Carriers' Association, the AFL-CIO,
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