Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive

Each year on the second Saturday in May, hundreds of thousands of letter carriers, retirees, family members and volunteers take to mail routes in every state and territory across America, to pick up sacks of non-perishable food and deliver the goods to the food banks and pantries that serve their local communities. 

“Food banks and shelters usually benefit from an upswing in charitable donations during the winter holiday season. By springtime, however, their stocks tend to dwindle to critically low levels. Helping local support organizations deal with this post-holiday lull in donations is the main reason we hold our national drive on the second Saturday in May,” said NALC President, Rolando Fredric, adding that since many school meal programs are suspended during summer months, millions of children are left scrambling to find alternate sources of nutrition.” 

Today, the Stamp Out Hunger effort is the United States largest single-day food drive. The drive has delivered more than one billion pounds of donated food to food banks and pantries over the past 22 years.

Saturday, May 9th, 2014 will mark the 23rd NALC Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. We invite you to join us in the fight against hunger by donating non-perishables food items on May 9th. A few tips to make donating easy:

• Leave non-perishable food donations in their mailboxes and the letter carriers will come by and pick up all the donations.
• If your mailbox is too small leave it underneath or by the central mailbox unit.
• Spread the word! Tell your friends about it.
• If you can't leave food for your mail carrier to pick up, you can donate online.

If you have any questions, please contact Yolanda Alexander, Community Events and Engagement Manager.