LEAVE CARE PACKAGES FOR MAILMAN.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- Residents are urged today to leave nonperishable food out for letter carriers as part of the national Stamp Out Hunger campaign. The donations will be picked up as mail is dropped off, then donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. by the National Association of Letter Carriers The National Association of Letter Carriers (or NALC) is a labor union for employees of the United States Postal Service who serve as letter carriers (informally, "mail carriers", "mailmen", or "postmen", although many are now in fact female). to the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Food Pantry in Newhall Newhall may refer to:
Last year the letter carriers delivered 30 tons of food to the pantry, which serves about 3,000 clients, more than half of them children. This is the association's 15th annual food collection campaign, timed for the summer when food banks run low and children on summer break can't rely on school lunch programs. "The food donated by the residents of Santa Clarita through the letter carriers' food drive carries us through the summer months when donations are at their slowest and need is the highest," said Belinda Crawford, the pantry's executive director. Residents are asked to leave boxes or bags of food in nonbreakable packaging next to their mailboxes before the mail arrives. The goal this year is to exceed the 30 tons donated last year. |
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