City Council encourages support of food drive, recognizes postal workers

ROSEVILLE — The Roseville City Council, at its April 23 meeting, passed a proclamation designating May 11, 2024, as “Letter Carriers’ Food Drive Day” in Roseville.

The proclamation lends support to the annual nationwide National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive and encourages Roseville residents to donate nonperishable food.

At the meeting, Roseville Mayor Robert Taylor read from the proclamation, calling the drive the largest in the country. It started in 1991.

“The citizens of Roseville always contributed generously to the annual food drive, donating 18,000 pounds of food in 2023,” he said.

In the same year, Taylor said, 198,000 pounds of food was received from Macomb County. The Macomb Food Program received 166,193 pounds of food to be distributed to pantries throughout the county.

The acting postmaster for Roseville, Rashawnda Pace, and food drive coordinator Robert McGuire attended the meeting.

“I send my sincere gratitude to the board and the residents of Roseville for the unwavering support of the National Association of Letter Carriers’ food drive 2023,” McGuire said.

McGuire said residents should place nonperishable food by their mailboxes on the morning of May 11.

“Our dedicated carriers will pick up these items during their regular routes, and our committed volunteers will also assist, lightening the load of our letter carriers,” McGuire said.

Taylor recognized the efforts of letter carriers in the city.

“We just want to thank you guys,” Taylor said. “Not only for this food drive, but everything you do for the city of Roseville. We know you’re out there when it’s snowing; we know you’re out there when it’s raining, when it’s windy out.”