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National Food Drive Day Saturday
Saturday will be a busy day for local postal carriers, but not because of what they're delivering, but picking up.

It's the annual National Food Drive Day where people are encouraged to leave food donations out for the post office to collect.

Toni Ball with Letter Carriers Local 88 organizes the drive in Galesburg each year and says they need items that cater to kids.

"When you're at the store and you're trying to figure out what to get, this is the time of year, again I always reiterate this every year, the school programs are closed. School is going to be done at the end of the month, beginning of June and this kids don't have their breakfast programs and their lunch programs, so I always try to think of, what does my daughter like to eat. Ravioli, Spaghetti-Os, soups, you know things that are easy for them to fix."

All the food collected stays in Galesburg and will be donated to the Fish Food Pantry.

24,000 pounds of food was collected last year and this year Ball is hoping for 25,000 pounds.
05 13 11 by Newsroom
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