"Stamp Out Hunger' sees drop in donations

May 20, 2011 at 8:17 a.m. | Updated May 20, 2011 at 8:17 a.m.

SERVE, Inc. volunteers pick up canned food collected by Fulton postal service letter carriers during the Natonal Association of Letter Carriers "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive on Saturday. SERVE volunteers sorting through the collected food are (from left) Lloyd Ryan, Jerry Friend and Carson Jones.
SERVE, Inc. volunteers pick up canned food collected by Fulton postal service letter carriers during the Natonal Association of Letter Carriers "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive on Saturday. SERVE volunteers sorting through the collected food are (from left) Lloyd Ryan, Jerry Friend and Carson Jones.

Although donations from Saturday's food drive are still trickling in, as of Thursday, SERVE's total of food collected amounted to about 6,200 pounds.

All the food donated in Callaway County during Saturday's National Association of Letter Carriers "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive was taken to SERVE's food pantry. About 1,900 pounds were brought in from the Holts Summit Post Office, adding to the almost 4,300 pounds collected by the Fulton Post Office. This year's total, however, was about half of the amount collected last year - 12,000 pounds.

To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.