Albert Lea Branch 718 of the National Association of Letter Carriers along with the rural carriers will participate once again in the 19th annual NALC Food Drive to be held Saturday. This is the 17th year the Albert Lea branch has taken an active role in this food drive, the largest one-day food drive in the nation.

A record 77.1 million pounds of food was collected nationwide in last year’s drive. Locally Albert Lea carriers collected nearly 15,000 pounds last year.

The city and rural carriers will collect food at or by your mailbox during the normal delivery of mail on Saturday. The collected food will be weighed at the post office and immediately released to the Albert Lea food shelves for distribution.

Please leave your nonperishable food items by your mailbox this Saturday.

Scott Pirsig

letter carrier

Albert Lea