An issue too soon forgotten

The amount of people falling below the poverty line increases every day, and people won't realize the issue affects their hometown until they see it first-hand.
It seems many news outlets glaze over this issue, and I haven't seen too much coverage of the Letter Carriers' union annual food drive, Stamp Out Hunger. This is a story I've covered numerous times in Pottsville, and there, it seemed to grow each year. But at some point, the amount of people needing the service of the food bank will exceed the amount of people donating.
All people had to do was set out a bag of non-perishable food items for the mail man or lady to pick up last Saturday morning. Hamburg and Shoemakersville postal officials were rather surprised to see someone covering this story and I'd like to take a closer look at hunger and poverty in this region in the near future.
In the meantime, I've cataloged last Saturday's giving in this video slideshow ...