Area food drive set to go postal

On Saturday, May 13, letter carriers in more than 190 cities in central and western Oklahoma will “Stamp Out Hunger” by collecting canned food donations from households on their route.

In Pauls Valley donations benefit Delta Community Action Foundation in partnership with the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma.

To help fill the plastic donation bag you receive in your mailbox the week of May 8, or any plastic bag, with canned food donations and place it by your mailbox on Saturday, May 13 before your letter carrier arrives. Your letter carrier will do the rest.

Among the following 193 cities in central and western Oklahoma are participating in the Letter Carriers’ Food Drive: in Garvin County are Lindsay, Maysville, Pauls Valley, Stratford and Wynnewood.

Since 1993, the Letter Carriers’ Food Drive has raised more than 9.7 million pounds of food for residents in central and western Oklahoma.

For more information about the Letter Carriers’ Food Drive, ask your letter carrier, contact your local post office, or contact Natalie Wood at nwood@regionalfoodbank.org or 405-600-3174.

More will be featured in the weekend edition of the PV Democrat.

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In other news, Thursday, May 4 is the last day for the public to donate Gatorade or water to the PV Fire Department at First United Bank in PV, 315 W. Grant.

• The Garvin County Shriner Club will hold its annual fundraiser of selling 10-pound bags of Vidalia sweet onions from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 6 in the vacant lot across from the Love's store on Grant in PV.

• The town of Paoli will hold an annual rabies clinic for dogs and cats from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 6 at town hall. The cost is $10 per immunization and $3 for a town tag. Call 405-484-7844 for more.

• A Hennepin Fire Department pancake supper and pie and cake auction is at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 6 at the Hennepin Community Building.

• A Whitebead Cemetery work day is planned for a 10 a.m. start Saturday, May 20.