The nation celebrated the 20th year of holding the nation’s largest single-day food drive. the postal service has collected 70-million pounds for the past Eight consecutive years. Every home is needed for this annual event by leaving a bag of non-perishable food items like soup, canned vegetables, canned fruits, pasta, cereal or rice near your mail box. Americans have donated more than one billion pounds of food through the National Association of Letter Carriers as they pick up food to Stamp out Hunger and Rhonda Chaffin with the food bank says it’s a big help. (audio) The nation’s 210-thousand letter carriers collect the donations then deliver them to food banks and other hunger relief organizations. (bg)