Another great year for the Stamp Out Hunger Drive - Thank you Weymouth - You Care!

The National Association of Letter Carriers once again conducted the nation's largest food one-day food drive to combat hunger on Saturday, May 9th. Donations of non-perishable food were collected by letter carriers from all four of Weymouth's local branches as they delivered mail that day.

 The Weymouth Food Pantry received town wide food donations estimated at at over 10,000 pounds! These donations came from the thousands of Weymouth households who have recognized the increasing need for food to feed the hungry of Weymouth.

As you can imagine, receiving that volume of food in a span of just a few hours is a daunting task.  Several volunteers with trucks  drove to and from the Post Offices, and brought the collected food to the pantry. At the pantry other volunteers, including teens from Immaculate Conception Church confirmation class, unloaded the trucks, and moved the food up onto the first floor; sorted the food by type, packed it into cases, and organized it.