POST TO PANTRY FOOD DRIVE SET TO START.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 asked to donate food Saturday 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 during 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). food drive. Boxes or bags of nonperishable, nonbreakable, unopened food can be left next to mailboxes for pickup Pickup A gain in yield made by selling one bond and buying another. Also referred to as "yield pickup." Notes: When the present yield is relatively low compared to the longer-term yields, pickups will be done by investors trying to increase the yield and duration of their by letter carriers. The food drive is a critical source of food for the Food Pantry. It comes at the beginning of summer, when children will soon be out of school and will not have access to free breakfasts and lunches through the school lunch programs they depend on during the school year. ``Last year's drive in the Santa Clarita Valley resulted in 19 1/2 tons of food 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. to the Food Pantry,'' said Belinda Crawford, food pantry executive director. ``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 lowest.'' Studies have shown that hunger in America is a much more serious problem than most people realize. The number of Americans who depend upon food banks, directly or indirectly, is estimated at 30 million, or 10.4 percent of the population. The National Association of Letters Carriers has been sponsoring the food drive for 12 years. This year's goal in Santa Clarita is to exceed the 19 1/2 tons of food that was donated in 2003. |
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