On Saturday, May 9th, the letter carriers of the National Association of Letter Carriers Local Branch 524 collected 264,257 pounds of food from residents along their postal routes during the annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive. The event is part of the nation’s largest single-day food drive, held in 10,000 cities and towns in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In our region, food collected benefits Feeding America Southwest Virginia.