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Help those in need via P.O. food drive

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By Correne Martin

 

Support the local food pantry and help “Stamp Out Hunger” again this year by donating a bag of non-perishable food to the Letter Carriers Food Drive Saturday, May 9. Sponsored by the United States Postal Service, National Association of Letter Carriers and Feeding America, residents of southwest Wisconsin are encouraged to give what they can to help those in need.

 

Post offices in Prairie du Chien, Ferryville, Eastman, Seneca, Wauzeka, Bloomington, Mount Hope, Patch Grove and Bagley are among those participating in the food drive, Prairie du Chien Postmaster Darryl Martin said. Postal workers will deliver plastic Stamp Out Hunger bags to homes in these communities this week. Citizens are asked to fill the bags, as well as bags or boxes of their own, with non-perishables and then place them by their mailbox by 9 a.m. on Saturday. Postal employees and community volunteers will make their way around Saturday to pick up the donations and take care of delivering them to their local food pantry.

 

In Prairie du Chien, the food will be taken to the Faith Evangelical Free Church on Cass Street, where it will be separated, organized and then distributed to the Couleecap Food Pantry, Martin said. 

 

“Last year, the prison inmates came, picked it up and delivered it to the food pantry,” he noted. “We had about 6,000 pounds donated last year (to the food pantry in Prairie du Chien).”

 

When considering which non-perishables to put in your bag(s), Couleecap Food Programs Coordinator Peg Gallagher asks citizens to consider giving the following: pastas (macaroni noodles, spaghetti, etc.), canned vegetables and fruit, soups, canned tuna and chicken, peanut butter, pancake mix, oatmeal, rice, sauce, low-sugar cereals, sauces and juices, flour and sugar.

 

Gallagher discourages boxed meals because they are high in sodium and unbalanced but she said Couleecap will still accept them if that’s all people have to donate. “We are trying to promote healthier eating, but the boxed meals can work for the homeless who only have access to a microwave,” she said. “They’re better than having nothing.”

 

Citizens are also asked to check the dates on the food to make sure the items are not outdated.

 

Presently, 210 households in the Prairie du Chien area are served by the Couleecap Food Pantry.

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