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The annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive has gathered a record of 73.4 million pounds of food this year, considering the weak economy. The National Association of Letter Carriers held the annual drive May 9, gathering donated items as they delivered their mail. Union president William H. Young said Monday the drive was "amazing testimony to the generosity of the American people even as they themselves struggle to make ends meet." The total amount of pounds of food they have gathered was 73,414,533, which rose from 73.1 million last year. All through out the 17 years they have held this drive, they have collected more than 982 million pounds of food for the needy. The top collector was the West Coast Florida branch in St. Petersburg at 1.7 million pounds of food and the second highest was Buffalo/Western New York.

I chose this article because I think its great that the mailmen/women are collecting food for the needy. They work in and for the community so why not help the community. Its a very nice thing to do and shows that they really care about the citizens of their community.

Yes, I do agree with this article because many people are going hungry as we speak and people need food to survive. I think we all have at least one can of food in our cabinets that we won't eat and can spare. It was very caring of them to ask for donated food while they were working at the same time.

Yes, I do think this information was presented fairly. The article was a little short, but I guess there wasn't much to write about the drive. I still think they wrote a good article though. They told me how many pounds of food they collected this year and compared it to last year's rates. They also told me who was the top collector and who is the second highest collector, which is good to know.

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