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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 05:36 PM Original message |
Postal carriers to collect food (This Saturday, tomorrow--Nationwide food pantry drive) |
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YDogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've wondered how many bags will be picked up by hungry folks |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. If they are hungry |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Right, I almost hope my neighbors help themselves |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Exactly. Hungry is hungry |
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YDogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
61. yup |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 11:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
62. Don't know, but I now know that crows like Oreo cookies. |
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dragonlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thanks for posting this |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I'm trying - recommended! |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Just kick the one already there! |
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PittPoliSci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. we've been doing this at my plant for about a month now. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Thank you from a Pittsburgher for doing this |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'm giving them a sack of new stuff. There is no old or out dated |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. All of the stuff I give away |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Are the ends of the cans rounded? Boxes opened? |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Good reminder |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. The proteins... |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. Because I did home daycare for 18 years, I am very attuned to children. |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. Thanks for the reminder |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. never thought i'd be competing with the USPS! |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Hey, that's a contest where everyone wins, right? nt |
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phrigndumass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. Kick |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
15. Thanks for posting this Robbien. It is a very worthy effort... |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
16. I always do this |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. This is a great annual event - but |
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bagimin (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. As a carrier of twenty four years.. |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Thanks. I understand our carrier is the exception. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
50. My mailman--one of them, I have several--delivers mail to any |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. I use a PO Box...but our carrier delivers some stuff here, and the |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:32 AM Response to Reply #26 |
41. my dad walked a route for 33 years |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. You can take your items to your local PO... |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Good idea |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. Thank you for the reminder. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. kick as a reminder. |
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blondie58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. thank you, everyone for your help |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. It was kinda cute last year |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. I live in an apartment complex with a couple hundred residents |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
25. K&R....we have the whole block in my neighborhood |
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atjrpsych (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Are they accepting mostly canned goods or anything? |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. They accept just about everything non-perishable with unopened packaging, except glass |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 01:20 AM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Bags of beans, boxes of cereal, pasta |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
31. Kick. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
34. Thanks for the reminder. I just emailed everyone I know about this. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
37. Filled the bag (that was provided by the carrier) |
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Shoelace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. me too, he picked it up today |
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Biscottiii (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:26 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Thanks for the idea! Next year I will put it out earlier, so it can be collected sooner. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
42. Thank you for the reminder. I had forgotten completely until seeing your post! n/t |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
43. A Saturday morning kick. n/t |
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lisa58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
44. Thanks for the reminder... |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
45. Kick |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
46. Was this today? |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
47. I am frustrated that this was not more actively publicized. Every year I watch for it, |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Our letter carrier left a plastic bag with info on it |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. One way I remember it is that it is around Mother's Day |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
51. Oh, and K&R. n/t |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
52. Yep - donated today. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
54. Are all carriers who left reminders yesterday supposed to pick up today? |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Yes. If yours didn't |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I've tried that |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Probably a personnel scheduling change |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. i plan on calling monday (if i remember) because we didn't get a pick up here. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. we didn't our food bag picked up either. |
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llmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
60. It saddens me tremendously...... |
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