Letter carriers' food drive scheduled

WASHINGTON -- The annual charity food drive conducted by the nation's mail carriers will be held May 11.

It will be the 10th annual Stamp Out Hunger drive conducted by the National Association of Letter Carriers.

Carriers in more than 10,000 cities and towns will collect food donated by people along their routes.

The food will be donated to local food banks in each community.

Last year carriers collected more than 70 million pounds of donated food.