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NALC
Food Drive a Success
The Letter Carrier Food Drive hosted by the
United States Postal Service, was held Saturday, May 13.
The totals for the food drive are:
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Tacoma Post Office 2006
- UNIVERSITY PLACE 36,200
- TCCF 72,000
- LAKEWOOD 30,000
- 6th AVENUE 19,920
- PROCTOR 20,500
- DOWNTOWN 12,000
- LINCOLN 4,223
- FT. LEWIS 2,000
- STEILACOOM 4,100
- PARKLAND 30,501
TOTAL 231,444 |
Pierce County 2006
- SOUTH HILL- PUYALLUP 30,000
- DOWNTOWN PUYALLUP 22,850
- GRAHAM 7,800
- MILTON 2,700
- SUMNER 9,800
- EATONVILLE 4,000
- SPANAWAY 5,500
- BUCKLEY 4,000
- BETHEL 8,000
- ROY 2,200
- BONNEY LAKE 2,800
TOTAL 99,650
Grand Total - 331,094
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The food collected from the food drive was sorted
and boxed at Emergency Food Network and sent to area food
banks. According to David Ottey of EFN, the food collected
at the food drive will last over three weeks at area food
banks. Every month in Pierce County, 140,000 people
rely on food banks and hot meal sites to get the nutrition they need.
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