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Donations stream into Community Food Bank of Central Alabama as annual Stamp Out Hunger drive commences | al.com
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A steady stream of food-filled postal vans backed up to a warehouse Saturday, giving a Community Food Bank of Central Alabama official hope that donations to its largest drive did not drop because of last month's deadly tornadoes.
The annual Stamp Out Hunger campaign, run by the National Association of Letter Carriers, is key to helping the food bank get through the summer, when demand for food assistance is the greatest, officials say.
In 2010, local Stamp Out Hunger campaign donations had risen to 160,000 pounds, an increase of 72 percent since 2007 and 9 percent from the year before, said Mike Fuller, the warehouse manager at the community food bank.
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