You can donate this Saturday
BRAZIL – Hundreds, maybe thousands, of our neighbors will have food through local food banks because you fill a grocery sack with non-perishable food items that will be picked up this Saturday by members of the National Association of Letter Carriers.
Leave bags near your mailbox or bring items to your local post office.
This Help Stamp Out Hunger food drive is an annual event across America.
For many years, Karen Stearley of the Centerpoint post office has led the drive in Clay County.
This year, Stearley took $150 out of her own pocket and approached DLC media and asked to buy commercials promoting the help stamp out hunger food event. DLC president Dave Crooks tripled her donation and put ads on the air promoting this event.
“All donations stay local benefiting local food banks,” Stearley said.
Every second Saturday in May, letter carriers in more than 10,000 cities and towns across America collect the goodness and compassion of their postal customers, who participate in the NALC Stamp Out Hunger National Food Drive — the largest one-day food drive in the nation, states an informational release from the NALC.
The drive has delivered more than 1.82 billion pounds of food over the past 30 years.
Carriers collect non-perishable food donations left by mailboxes and in post offices and deliver them to local community food banks, pantries and shelters. Nearly 1,500 NALC branches in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands are involved.
The United States Postal Service, National Association of Letter Carriers, National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, AFL-CIO, United Way, Vericast, Valpak Direct Marketing Systems, CVS Health, Kellogg’s, and United Food and Commercial Workers International Union are all supporting this year’s Stamp Out Hunger food drive.
To donate, just place a box or can of non-perishable food next to your mailbox before your letter carrier delivers mail on the second Saturday in May. The carrier will do the rest. The food is sorted, and delivered to an area food bank or pantry, where it is available for needy families.
One in 10 Americans face hunger every day in America. This drive is one way you can help those in your own city or town who need help.