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Contact:  Matt Dace
(314) 423-6100, ext. 102

NEWSRELEASE

LETTER CARRIERS' FOOD DRIVE DELIVERS MORE THAN 230,000 POUNDS OF FOOD FOR ST. LOUIS' HUNGRY

Letter Carriers' Food Drive 2001
Volunteers from Creve Coeur collected and sorted more than 40,000 pounds of food on Saturday, May 12, 2001

Below are the results of the individual Postal Stations that helped collect the 231,627 pounds of food.  Thank you to all who volunteered their time and a VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to all who donated food.

AFFTON 42,577 lbs.
SOUTHWEST 42,037 lbs.
CREVE COEUR 41,096 lbs.
SOUTH COUNTY 38,090 lbs.
JENNINGS 28,650 lbs.
TOWN & COUNTRY 10,369 lbs.
CLAYTON 9,513 lbs.
WEATHERS 9,384 lbs.
UNIVERSITY CITY 5,844 lbs.
GWEN B. STATION 4,067 lbs.

TOTAL

231,627 lbs.

For more information about food drives, please click here, or contact Lenora Young at 314/383-3335, ext. 3101.

ST. LOUIS AREA FOODBANK IS A NON-PROFIT, FOOD DISTRIBUTION CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT FEED HUNGRY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT 14 COUNTIES IN EASTERN MISSOURI AND 12 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.

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National Association of Letter Carriers' Web Site

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Sponsor your own community or corporate food drive

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For more information about food drive, contact Lenora Young or call her at (314) 383-3335, ext. 3101.