Letter Carrier Food Drive Results10:18AM / Friday, May 22, 2009
PITTSFIELD, Mass. - On May 9th residents of Berkshire County donated 53,881 pounds of non-perishable food in the countywide National Association of Letter Carriers "Stamp Out Hunger" Food Drive. By the end of the day, all the food had been redistributed to over 28 food pantries and meal-sites throughout the Berkshires. Local 286 letter carrier Mike Callahan, Shirley MacDonald of Berkshire Community Action Council, and Maryanne Boenitz of the Berkshire United Way were coordinators for the drive.
Pittsfield volunteers included letter carriers, active and retired postal workers and their family members and 30 high school students from Berkshire Youth United along with their advisor Ralph "Doc" Casey. In-kind donations included cardboard boxes from Poly-Matrix, a moving truck from Tailored Events and pizza from Pizza Hut.
29,594 pounds of food from the drive were distributed to the following sites in Pittsfield and Dalton: Barton's Crossing, Christian Center, Dalton Sunday Lunch Program, Salvation Army, St. Joseph's Church, St. Agnes Church, Lanesboro American Legion VFW, St. Mark's Parish, St. Joseph's Kitchen at South Church, First Baptist Church, First Congregation Church/Hinsdale, Soldier On, Elizabeth Freeman Center, Reigning Love Church, Christian Assembly Food Pantry, Goodwill Industries of the Berkshires, St. Charles Church, and Berkshire Community Action Council. In addition, 24,287 pounds of food were distributed in Northern and Southern Berkshire County. |
