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Stamping Out Hunger food drive

May 17, 2017
May 17, 2017 Updated May 24, 2017
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Orofino Post Office employees and area food bank representatives are pictured with the over 2,600 pounds of food collected in the Orofino area May 13, as a result of the post office’s Stamping Out Hunger food drive. Orofino Postmaster, Richard Kerschbaum, publically recognizes KLER and the Clearwater Tribune for help getting the word out about the food drive; IGA for donating all the plastic grocery bags; John Chatfield and the Boy Scouts for help sorting through all the food when it arrived; Earleen Kowceun, Orofino Post Office food drive coordinator’ and the entire community for being so giving. Shown (l to r) are: Jay Blake, Cal Cleveland, Sherry Cooper, Glenn Stolte, Lila Myers, Earleen Kowceun, Corinna Allen, and Dorie Hughan.

Bob Stiffler (pictured) with Lifeline Food Bank in Orofino notes that the food bank helps over 700 families a month. With the food bank getting low on goods, the food donations collected during Orofino Post Office's Stamping Out Hunger food drive provided a much-needed influx of food into the food bank.

Orofino Post Office on May 13 held its first ever Stamping Out Hunger food drive. “We, along with with Bob Stiffler, Lifeline Food Bank, felt it was a huge success,” said Richard Kerschbaum, Orofino Postmaster.

The campaign collected over 2,600 pounds of food in Orofino. The 500 pounds of food collected in Pierce will be distributed to Pierce’s food bank.

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