New Carrier’s Food Drive
EXCEEDS LAST YEAR’S DONATIONS
May 9th was a spectacular day for the Coalition! Doubts that the economy would negatively affect donations troubled the Lexington, El Cajon, Post Office employees as volunteers waited for the trucks to pull in.
Cautious optimism grew throughout the afternoon and turned jubilant as the last truck unloaded its bags of food. Last year, 10,500 pounds of food were collected. This year, 12,200 pounds filled the loading dock!
The Coalition shared the bounty with Crosspointe Church in La Mesa but got the lion’s share because our truck was bigger! The two agencies were selected recipients by Feeding America San Diego. The Coalition received 7,206 pounds for their pantry!
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Post Office employee Terri Perez coordinated the effort and her worries turned into smiles at the end of the busy day. Volunteers snacked on goodies and drinks provided by Feeding America San Diego as they waited for the trucks to deliver. Casas International again provided their truck to pick up and deliver the food to the Coalition where volunteers waited to unload.
Terri Perez showing final total of pounds received
The day brought another pleasant surprise from two donors who tagged their bags with the following notes:
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“From:11650 Via David, Nicole and Ginny May God Bless You” |
| “Dear Postal Carrier: Thank you VERY much for this opportunity to help the food banks, especially this year. Diana #17” |
The work was hard but enough volunteers helped to make it a fun day. We can’t thank enough those who helped:
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Barbara & Ed Herrmann Jim, Benjamin & Christina LeBarron Rebecca Cardenas & son Angel Moreno Lani & Lafi, Church of the Nazarene Selafi Alcese Miguel Estrada Jeff Nelson Jesus Bojac |
Tom Watt Rafael Desendez Felix Delosuntos Raymundo Lopez Giovani Mejia Anthony Onedo June Faasgig Javier Del |
As if it couldn’t get any better, Terri Perez called Sandy Maynes Tuesday to say more food came in. More than 250 pounds were picked up to add to the treasure making total pounds 7,456!
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| Weighing In |
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| Volunteers Loading the Truck |
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| Only the box was beer! |
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To learn more about Stamp out hunger please visit http://www.helpstampouthunger.com/learnMore.aspx
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| Terri Perez Postal Worker |
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| The truck is loaded and the volunteers elated! |
