The food is in the mail

The 15th annual National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive is this Saturday and all city residents are urged to participate.

The guidelines are simple. Leave canned food items by your mailbox on Saturday and they will be picked up on your postal carrier?s regular route.

?All the food stays right here in McMinnville to help the Warren County Food Bank,? said mailman Gary Griffin, chairman of the local food drive. ?With the job situation the way it is, this helps feed people who really need it.?

Residents who live outside McMinnville city limits who want to donate, can do so by stopping by the downtown post office on Saturday. The food drive is expected to generate around 7,500 pounds of canned items.

?A lot of people are generous and donate around the holidays,? said Griffin. ?But there are people who need food right now.?