BY THE NUMBERS---DO YOU READ NEWS PAPER...?

READ ALL OVER — NOT SO MUCH. 
According to a recent survey by Adweek Media and Harris, 43 percent of all adult Americans say they read a daily newspaper almost every day. Just over seven in 10 Americans say they read a daily paper — online or print  — at least once a week, and 81 percent read a daily newspaper at least once a month. According to the survey, one in 10 adults never read a daily newspaper.

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AT 95, STILL DRIVING AND MAILING....

STILL DRIVING AND MAILING. Ninety-five-year-old Patrina Behrman is a regular at the Silver Creek, NY, Post Office. She drives there daily to mail important items, like her Publisher’s Clearing House entry — a contest she’s certain she’ll win someday.

But in a few weeks, her friends at the Post Office will have to direct the prize van to Iowa. Behrman is moving there to live with her son. “We’ll miss her,” said Postmaster Stephen Cooley. “She’s a mainstay of our Post Office, our most faithful customer. It’s one change of address we’re saddened to submit.”

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STAMPING OUT HUNGER-collected a record 77.1 million in 2010.

STAMPING OUT HUNGER

NALC, USPS FOOD DRIVE SETS RECORD

Tipp City, OH, Letter Carrier Rex Bradley during the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

The annual National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, held May 8 in partnership with the Postal Service, collected a record 77.1 million pounds of non-perishable food. The results of the event easily eclipsed the previous record, set last year, of 73.4 million pounds.

“For 18 years, the Postal Service has stood proudly with the NALC to help Stamp Out Hunger in America,” said PMG Jack Potter. “Our carriers have demonstrated once again that service to the community doesn’t end at the mailbox. The Postal Service’s commitment to this worthy cause has never been greater.”

Stamp Out Hunger — the nation’s largest one-day food drive — annually collects non-perishable food to help more than 35 million people, including 12 million children, who face hunger every day in America.

Despite a continued downturn in the economy, Americans boosted their donations, increasing the 18-year total to more than 1 billion pounds. “This year’s record achievement in food donations collected by our carriers demonstrates the generosity of our customers and the determination of our employees to come to the aid of fellow Americans in need,” said Potter.

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