Senate Concurrent Resolution
No. 100
CHAPTER 41
Relative to California Letter Carriers Food Drive.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
May 14, 2008.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 100, Florez.
California Letter Carriers Food Drive.
This measure would recognize May 10, 2008, as the day of the California Letter Carriers Food Drive, which is part of the National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.
Digest Key
Fiscal Committee:
NO WHEREAS, Five million Californians, including two million children, live below the federal poverty level and face the daily threat of hunger; and
WHEREAS, The number of Californians unable to meet their basic nutritional needs is growing and requests for food assistance continues to rise in California’s communities; and
WHEREAS, The annual National Association for Letter Carriers (NALC) National Food Drive, also known as the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, plays a critical role in America’s effort to aid families in need, especially in providing high-quality and high-protein food; and
WHEREAS, Letter carriers and numerous volunteers help take donations collected from citizens along the carriers’ postal routes and deliver them to community food banks, pantries, and shelters; and
WHEREAS, The NALC Food Drive is the largest one-day food drive in the nation and has delivered over 70 million pounds of food to community food banks, pantries, and shelters in each of the past four years; and
WHEREAS, California food banks are critical to local communities, distributing over 200 million pounds of nutritious food and fresh produce every year to more than two million hungry families; and
WHEREAS, Food donations to California food banks have dropped significantly, including United States Department of Agriculture commodities falling 60 percent over the last four years; and
WHEREAS, The NALC Food Drive will help fill this gap and provide thousands of pounds of food to California food banks and ultimately help families, seniors, and children put healthy food back on the table; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the California Legislature recognizes May 10, 2008, as the day of the California Letter Carriers Food Drive, which is part of NALC’s annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.