LETTER CARRIERS CONTINUE THE TRADITION TO STAMP OUT HUNGER
I do this every year. I hope you do too. What an easy way to help the hungry in your own community!
The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will host their 32nd Annual Stamp Out Hunger! Food Drive on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Nationwide the NALC has collected about 1.9 billion pounds of food since the effort began. Stamp Out Hunger is the nation’s largest single-day food drive.
Letter Carriers are a part of every neighborhood in the nation and they see the growing need for food assistance in our communities. There are 34 million Americans who struggle with the issue of food insecurity and do not know where or when they will get their next meal or how they will feed their children. As long as hungry Americans exist, this food drive will continue to be instrumental in replenishing the shelves of local food banks.
On May 11th, residents are encouraged to fill grocery bags full of nonperishable food items and place them at their mailbox prior to mail delivery on Saturday. The letter carriers will retrieve the donations as they deliver the mail and deliver the donations to Second Harvest.
The timing of this food drive is crucial as Second Harvest preps for Summer Feeding. We will provide summer meals each weekday at approximately 85 locations starting June 1st. Summer is a tough time for children who typically receive a free breakfast and lunch at school and an even more stressful time for the parents trying to compensate for the lack of these meals.