Letter Carriers may repeat food drive

Washington Parish and Northshore Letter Carriers are checking into the possibility of conducting a second "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive, after Saturday's effort was less-than-successful.

Notices to postal customers advising them of the food drive did not go out to Northshore postal patrons and local publicity was minimal.

"We're trying to get the okay to hold another food drive," one Bogalusa carrier said Monday.

During the drive, postal patrons are asked to place non-perishable food items in a bag and either hang them from their mail box flag or place the bag by their mailbox so carriers can collect them.

In 2010, letter carriers delivered between 8,000 and 10,000 pounds of food to the Bogalusa Help Center. In 2009, about 6,000 pounds was collected. (Published first at http://www.wpnewsblog.blogspot.com)